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Holidays: New Year's Eve/New Year's Day

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, learners read nine sentences about New Year's traditions. They are given two choices for each of the 13 blanks.
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Promoting Fluency and Accuracy Through Planning, Telling, Transcribing and Noticing

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students promote fluency through planning and noticing language through transcribing and correcting recorded anecdotes. They provide opportunities for long turns in speaking and give intensive listening practice.
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King's Dream Revisited

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the life and accomplishments of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They complete a Webquest, listen to an excerpt from a speech, take an online quiz, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about current...
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What is News?

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover elements that make a story newsworthy. They play an online game about newsworthy stories and complete a worksheet with partners. They also examine the difference between facts and opinions.
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Media Bias

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students analyze mass media to analyze media bias. In this media bias instructional activity, students read example situations and definitions about media bias. Students read and discuss how to be aware of media bias.
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The First Televised War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a film about the role of the media in the Vietnam War. They discuss the risks journalists face when covering a war and how the television changed how people at home saw the war. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Imus Struggling to Retain Sway as a Franchise

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils will perform research and reflect upon a newspaper article. The lesson will help them to refine reading and cognitive skills of forming a personal opinion. The learners will ultimately learn and grow into a greater understanding...
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Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a film about Franklin D. Roosevelt and his fireside chats. THey identify political inferences in his speeches and how the media played an important role in the war. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Surveying Society's Attitudes About Crime

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars investigate how crime reporters do their jobs and how the news of crime gets reported.
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Writing News Interviews

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students write ten facts for a topic of choice. They describe why they chose that topic and begin to research it. They complete a handout on note taking that is used to draft questions for interviews.
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A Panel of Survivors

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students role-play real-life survivors in a panel discussion. They read a mini-biography about a survivor.
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Civil liberties: Fundamental freedoms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore civil liberties. They list and describe the fundamental freedoms guaranteed to Canadians. Students illustrate how Charter rights are applies. They examine current issues and suggest how the courts might apply Charter...
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Ordering News Reports Lesson 5

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a news program with several reports. They examine the newsorthiness of the reports. They include different types of reports in their news program. They consider how the different reports appeal to audiences.
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Pbs: Empire of the Air: Power and Impact of Radio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners will listen to historic news events as broadcast on radio, view current news coverage on television, and compare and contrast how those events were reported on both media by developing an essay which addresses the question "Is...
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Pbs: Lesson One: Creating Great Audio for Video

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will learn the basic concepts necessary to produce broadcast quality audio recordings of human speech (which can then be used in professional radio or television productions). Lesson 1 of 3.
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Pbs Teachers: Comparing Satellite and Broadcast Radio Landscapes (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which learners research the development of satellite technology and how it has evolved over the last 50 years. Students will examine the impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and discuss the role of a diverse, free...

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