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News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Lesson PlanNews Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Lesson Plan
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Teaching Tolerance
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6th - 12th
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News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities

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Believe it or not, people have rights as new consumers. Scholars read PEN America's News Consumers' Bill of Rights and Responsibilities and work in small groups to paraphrase chosen sections of the text. Next, they create and present dramatic skits to show why their top right or responsibility is important. 

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Concepts

paraphrasing, consumers, Media Literacy, news media, digital citizenship, informational texts

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Have partners discuss the difference between a right and a responsibility 
  • Invite groups to create posters to accompany their skits 

Classroom Considerations

  • First of a two-lesson series about media consumers' rights and responsibilities 

Pros

  • Includes clear lesson objectives and essential questions
  • Aligns with several Common Core standards

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 CCRA.R.10 CCRA.SL.1 CCRA.SL.2 RH.6-8.2 RH.6-8.4 RH.6-8.10

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