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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify ways in which the president can use various media to communicate his messages and intent. They demonstrate ways in which the news media can create public opinion. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify various forms of media used in a political campaign and compare the different formats as vehicles for distributing political messages. They analyze the effectiveness of candidate's uses of different media. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students share, through discussion and writing, their feelings about acts of terrorism, as well as related issues such as national security and media coverage of the attacks. They continue to follow the coverage of the events in a news journal. 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 - 12th
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Students explain the origins and consequences of the Vietnam War and the role of the media in American politics. They analyze the impact of political changes brought about by the media and how important freedom of press is in a democratic society. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students investigate media images of cars and speed. They examine drivers' atitudes to speed by completing an activity sheet and responding to press reports about speeding drivers. 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the role of the media in elections. In groups, they discuss the right of free press and the First Amendment in elections. As a class, they examine and identify the new and old forms of media and how each one is able to provide the voters with information. They watch different news programs to gather information on where the candidates stand on the major issues. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students examine media coverage of animals. Students discover how they feel about different types of animals and why. They read recent news stories about th animals. Students write their own imaginary news story. Students challenge the press stereotype of the animal. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students explore the role of the U.S. President and the media coverage in presidential elections. They discuss what it means to be informed, the issues they consider most important, and reflect on what they learned from their interviews. They write a classified ad listing qualities of presidential duties, create a diagram of personal characteristics and duties, and make posters of the "Ideal President." Full Review »
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