Lesson 1: What Is News?
From the My World Media Literacy Collection for Grades 6-8Extra, extra! Read all about it! Introduce your students to the characteristics, roles, and purpose of the news. In this lesson, they’ll learn the different categories of news and what makes an event “newsworthy.”
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All news isn’t created equal. Introduce your students to the different ways people get news. In this lesson, they’ll learn to distinguish more impartial news from news that lacks independence or accountability and to build their own “news neighborhoods.”
Fact or fake? Introduce your students to the role of social media in spreading accurate news as well as inaccurate news and rumors. In this lesson, they’ll investigate questions they should ask before sharing news on social media and then design a flowchart for evaluating whether a news story is “shareworthy.”
We live in a time where we can get up-to-the-minute updates. So how do we make sure we’re getting the most current and most accurate news? Introduce your students to the concept of developing news stories. In this lesson, they’ll explore what can cause the news to change and how to distinguish changing information from corrected information.
To help your students dive deeper into news content, we created this bundle of news story response worksheets. We designed these worksheets to be used with any of our news videos and to keep students focused as they watch and enhance comprehension and retention. (Please note that some worksheet types are better fits for certain content and grade levels). Assign students the same one, mix them up, or let them choose!
All news isn’t created equal. Introduce your students to the different ways people get news. In this lesson, they’ll learn to distinguish more impartial news from news that lacks independence or accountability and to build their own “news neighborhoods.”
Fact or fake? Introduce your students to the role of social media in spreading accurate news as well as inaccurate news and rumors. In this lesson, they’ll investigate questions they should ask before sharing news on social media and then design a flowchart for evaluating whether a news story is “shareworthy.”
We live in a time where we can get up-to-the-minute updates. So how do we make sure we’re getting the most current and most accurate news? Introduce your students to the concept of developing news stories. In this lesson, they’ll explore what can cause the news to change and how to distinguish changing information from corrected information.