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- 9th - 12th
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Students describe, compare, and contrast major forces that drive ocean currents. They discuss the general effects of topography on current velocity. They discuss how velocity affects the ability Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students research and analyze polling data in journalism. They discuss reasons that polling data is included in media coverage of presidential elections. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students examine and discuss Marshall McLuhan's theories about the concepts of hot and cool media. They view a video clip, identify current media using those terms, and develop a media chart. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students look at popular media presentations to determine what type of messages they convey about class and class-linked behavior. They listen to contemporary music to explore how the songs touch upon social class issues. They read Internet articles, and watch current television shows before writing journal entries about the issue. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students work together to evaluate different media sources. They identify bias in media and examine the role of competition. They summarize their main points in a paper. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students, assessing a sense of world events, issues, and the media's influence on student's attitudes and perceptions about developing nations and issues, participate in a current events scavenger hunt. Emphasis is placed on the Millennium Development Goals and Canada's involvement with other countries. Students write their reflections on each day's activities in their journals. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the media's reporting of world events and issues. After identifying countries reported in newspapers, students locate the country on a map. Using the internet and other sources, groups of students search for as many countries in the news as possible. They write a brief summary of each article. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate the current events and how the media reports them. They interpret information and determine the likelihood of its accuracy. Sections strengthen geography skills while investigating portions of the world experiencing the most hardship. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students select one from a list of possible research projects about the role of the media in a democratic society. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students begin to become aware of issues from around the world. Using various types of media, they discover how the same issue is showing in different countries. In groups, they focus on how Canada is shown differently through the media and what they can do to solve the problem. Full Review »
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