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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Evaluating and Interpreting Media

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] When people talk about media literacy, they are talking about learning to understand what these messages really mean. This lesson will help you take a closer look at a few...
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Nabj: National Association of Black Journalists

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From the largest media organization for people of color, this imaginative site is graphically clever with content to support it. Interesting reading for all journalists, as well as a great teaching tool for anyone interested in effective...
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News and Observer

For Students 9th - 10th
The News and Observer, Raleigh's daily, local news source.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Write Now! Career Writing Prompts: Communications Manager

For Students 9th - 10th
This Career Clip features, Gene Nichols, Communications Manager at Good Shepherd. He is responsible for dealing with the media, especially newspapers and television programs. His best advice is to develop multiple skills and never...
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PBS

Pbs: Yellow Journalism and Fake News: Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the rise of yellow journalism and the fine if occasionally wavering line between sensationalism and fake news in this series of videos from the American Masters film Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People. Learn about the...
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Assistive Media

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for students and adults with disabilities which make it difficult to read print texts in the conventional manner. Presents hundreds of magazine and newspaper articles, clippings, and current and past events in audio...
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BBC

Bbc News: Venezuela's War of the Airwaves

For Students 9th - 10th
This article analyzes the role of the media in Venezuela and the attempts to remove Hugo Chavez from power in 2004. Dated March 19, 2004.
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American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: International Conflict & the Media (Unit)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This curriculum guide broadly examines the relationships between the media and the military during wartime.
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The Star Ledger

For Students 9th - 10th
The Star Ledger is the daily newspaper publication for the city of Newark, New Jersey. The Star Ledger features sections on news, business, sports and entertaiment.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Worm Turns Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, based on the animated story "The Worm Turns" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children use several types of informational texts to gather facts. In the video, Molly and her friends are frightened after hearing...
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The Working Reporter: A Resource for Journalists

For Students 9th - 10th
A great all-in-one news site, the Working Reporter provides national and international news, updated constantly with a running ticker so you can add to your own Web page for free.
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PBS

Pbs: Empire of the Air: Power and Impact of Radio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students 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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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Media in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they learn about newspapers, radio, and television in Texas.
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Other

All You Can Read: Ecuador News

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to online newspapers for Ecuador, South America.
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BBC

Bbc News: Should Chavez Lose His Job?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BBC News provides a debate between two commentators on politics in Venezuela whether the current president Hugo Chavez should be recalled. The recall election is scheduled for August 15, 2004. The article is dated Feb. 13,...
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: News Is Knowledge! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The project provides teachers with ideas to create literacy centers for use in their own classrooms using student-friendly newspapers from various curricular areas. We will provide plans that can be used to adapt the materials each week....
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Other

Cwec: Water in the News (Lesson) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Water issues frequently appear in local newspapers and this lesson plan explains ways this resource can be used in the classroom.
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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The Seattle Times

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Times is the daily newspaper for the city of Seattle Washington. The Times features sections on local and national news, weather, business, sports, and entertainment.
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Journalist Express: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Journalist Express lists more links than you could visit in a lifetime. This is another site to save for future reference.
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El Universal Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th
El Universal is a major daily newspaper published in Caracas, Venezuela. Features the news of the day from a Venezuelan perspective.
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Watching America: What the World Thinks About America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles from foreign newspapers about America and American policies, translated into English from their languages of origin. These articles give readers a view of America from abroad. Site includes both English...
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La Prensa San Diego

For Students 9th - 10th
La Prensa San Diego is a weekly, bilingual (English/Spanish) newspaper based out of San Diego, California. Coverage of news is from a Hispanic/Chicano perspective.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on research sources by listing 10 types of sources: books, periodicals/magazines, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, databases, reviews, interviews, lectures, media (film, television), and websites. It...