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Walter Cronkite: Witness to History

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Students brainstorm a list of news sources. They interview people about today's media and discuss their results. After watching segments of a film about Walter Cronkite, they role play as reporters and subjects from an historic period and create a "you are there" skit.

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Grade
9th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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14 days
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