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\nFacing Ferguson: News Literacy in a Digital Age\n

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\nThe reporting, both in professional news sources and on social media, of the events surrounding the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri provides 21st Century learners with an opportunity of consider how social media can...\n
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\nNewseumED: News Reporting\n

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\nThree lessons comprise the NewseumEd unit module. For the first lesson, young reporters have an opportunity to craft a news story about a topic that interests them. They select a topic, research it, and write their story for a class...\n
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\niCivics: Mini Media Literacy Library\n

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\nDesigned for the high school classroom, the mini-lessons in this collection combine studies of the United States government with news literacy skills. Each lesson includes a civics reading, a news literacy feature, and a news literacy...\n
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\nStudent Reporting Labs: Think. Create. Inform.\n

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\nWhat is newsworthy? Who decides? How do video reports differ from printed news? What makes a good video report? What about journalism ethics? Learn all about it in this extra special collection of materials about video news production.\n
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\nCrash Course: Media Literacy\n

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\nViewers take a Crash Course in Media Literacy. They watch 12 videos that take them through media history, the positive and negative effects of media, and regulations and policies affecting media producers. The series aims to help viewers...\n
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\nSocial Media Toolbox\n

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\nThe internet as well as the popularity of and availability of personal electronic devices equipped with social media has changed journalism forever. Here's a collection of resources that provide student journalists the tools they need to...\n
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\nThe Big Climate Change Experiment\n

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\nThe Big Climate Change Experiment begins with young scientists gaining background knowledge by watching news clips a video and examining cartoons. Next, learners view videos of witnesses who describe how climate change affects their...\n
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\nWhat Makes Democracy Work?\n

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\nEight lessons make up a collection designed to help high schoolers make sense of an election year. Class members learn about voting rights, the importance of a free press, and civic participation. The focus is on the 2020 presidential...\n
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\nHis Soul Goes Marching On: The Life and Legacy of John Brown\n

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\nHis Soul Goes Marching On: The Life and Legacy of John Brown looks at an event that became an important part of United States history. The seven resources cover the raid, John Brown's life, his reactions to the event, as well as news...\n
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\nReading Lessons: Townsend Press\n

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\nEnhance your literacy unit with a set of videos featuring textual analysis and reading comprehension strategies. From discerning the main idea of a text to evaluating an author's purpose and tone, the ten-part series engages upper...\n
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\nAngel Island Immigrant Journeys\n

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\nYoung historians study the Angel Island Immigration Station with activities examining primary and secondary source materials, maps, and websites. The unit begins with individuals creating a map of Angel Island, labeling sites on the...\n
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\nEquality & Human Rights Commission: Secondary Lesson Plans\n

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\nA collection of 12 instructional activities helps young people develop the five core social and emotional learning competencies identified by CASEL. Videos, slides, activities, games, news articles, and discussions target life skills. In...\n
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\nNewseumED: Civil Rights\n

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\nAs part of a social, economic, and legal/political civil rights study, class members brainstorm a list of current civil rights issues that affect their community and then select one issue that they think they could work to change as a...\n
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\nCrash Course: U.S. Government and Politics\n

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\nHelp high schoolers become more informed citizens with a crash course in United States Government and Politics. Narrated by Craig Benzine, the 50-video course is based on the 2014 AP U.S. Government and Politics curriculum. Viewers learn...\n
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\nPearl Harbor Classroom Activities\n

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\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy” speech is the focus of a seven-lesson series that has young historians researching information about the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Using both an audio version of...\n
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\nInvestigative and Data Journalism\n

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\nFacts can be hard to find, especially when investigating key issues facing local communities and governmental agencies. Two lessons teach high school journalists how to collect, verify, and display data in an investigative article about...\n
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\nLife Science\n

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\nPhotosynthesis, extinction, biomimicry, and bioremediation. Young environmental engineers study these processes. Using photosynthesis as a model and biomimicry as an example, groups research how nature provides hints for engineering...\n
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\nBen Across the Curriculum: Elementary School\n

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\nBenjamin Franklin, statesman, inventor, President is the subject of a collection targeting young historians. The interdisciplinary lesson plans were originally designed to accompany the 2018 international traveling exhibition, “Benjamin...\n
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\nJudicial Learning Center: The Role of the Federal Courts\n

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\nInformational, interesting, and easy-to-understand, the five resources in the Role of the Federal Courts collection provide an overview of the historical context, important principles, and content of the US Constitution regarding the...\n
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\nJudicial Learning Center: Student Center\n

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\nA collection of 22 interactive resources provides learners with information about the United States federal courts. The pages are divided into five sections: The role of the federal courts; The organization of the federal courts; How the...\n
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\nJudicial Learning Center: Landmark Cases\n

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\nFive fact-filled lessons look at landmark Supreme Court Cases. Young scholars begin their study by examining the importance of these cases, key terms necessary for studying the court cases, and the relationship between court cases and...\n
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\nSafety and Kindness Online: Digital Citizenship for Middle and High Schoolers\n

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\nWe have always told our students that they could be anything they want to be, but never have these words been truer than in today's expansive digital world. Young users can be friends or bullies, gullible or skeptical, fake or...\n
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\nFighting Fake News\n

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\nFake news. Alternative facts. Internet trolls. In an age of Newspeak, it's increasingly important to equip 21st century learners with the skills needed to determine the legitimacy of claims put forth on social media, in print, and in...\n
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\nNews or Propaganda?\n

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\nWhat is considered news vs. propaganda? Learners will discuss objectivity and press responsibility while exploring these two concepts. They work in small groups to explore the article in-depth, guided by reading comprehension and...\n
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