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- 9th - 12th
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Students work in groups which critically evaluate a newspaper for accuracy, credibility, and bias as well as determine a newspaper's target audience. They present their findings to the rest of the class. Full Review »
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Students compare and critically evaluate the different media as sources of news, develop criteria for defining "news", experience the editorial process of selecting news stories and detect bias in news reporting. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine forms of broadcast journalism. they identify roles played by journalists in various news formats. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students watch the video of "The Prince and the Pauper" and analyze, compare and contrast the characters. They write letters to a character from the point of view of another character and create a new ending to the play. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the different aspects of life in Colonial America. At home, they make traditional colonial recipes to share with the class. In groups, they read a book about the purpose and act of quilting and create their own quilt using fabric squares. To end the lesson, they practice dying fabric using fruits and vegetables. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students analyze the role of the Jim Crow laws on race relations. As a class, they are segregated based on the color shirt they have or some other simple criteria and wear either a square or circle sticker representing the majority and minority. They read the story of an African-American who is the first to attend an all white school and write a response to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students read the writings of individuals whom they know and admire. They see that writing about themselves is worthwhile and important and helps them become better writers. They share their own life experiences, write about personal knowledge and recognize themselves as the author if they are to develop their own thinking abilities. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students work in teams to order events of DNA transcription and translation protein synthesis. In the second lesson, they put the steps of mitosis and meiosis in order using a concept map poster. They use modeling clay to create models of cells undergoing these changes. In the third lesson, students create Punnett squares, and participate in an interactive lecture on genes, alleles, traite and geno/pheno types. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students review several articles on same current event, and then cover news issues themselves while assuming secret identities of various individuals who have vested interests in issue. Students write newspaper articles from these perspectives, without saying how they are involved with issue, read articles out loud, and guess identities of writers. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss how Warhol made a specific painting and his obsession with media. Using different points of view, they write their own critique of the piece and share them with the class. They answer discussion quesitons and participate in an activity in which they manipulate images to have a certain affect on the audience. Full Review »
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