1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. To increase student's awareness of current events at local, national,
and international levels.
2. To introduce students to the various forms of news media available
and how to use those forms of media, particularly newspapers.
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4. Objectives-
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1. Students will become familiar with newspapers and the news the
cover by learning about local, state, national, and world news cover
in the local newspaper.
2. Students will learn how to find locations on a map and determine
distances using map scales.
3. Students will learn to ask questions to further their understanding
of events they have read about. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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| A newspaper for each student, maps, rulers, writing/coloring materials
for labeling maps. |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
1. Students will read, interpret, ask questions to further their
understanding, and rewrite a news article of their choosing giving
a different point of view on the subject.
2. Students will compare newspapers to radio/TV/Internet coverage
of a story.
3. Students will choose to create an editorial cartoon or write a
letter to the editor based on the article they read. |
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B. Development-
Students will be show examples of each activity planned.
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C. Practice-
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D. Independent Practice-
Students will be asked to complete this project a second time completely
on their own at home choosing a story from covered in any type of
news media.
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
1. Pictures, images, graphs, and other visual aids to enhance understanding
by hearing impaired students.
2. Teacher will make an effort to stand near hearing impaired students
and speak slowly and clearly to make it easier for them to follow
the lesson. |
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F. Checking for understanding-
Grades for each activity will be based on what the student completed
in that activity.
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G. Closure-
1. This activity can be varied and evolve into many other activities.
2. This is a good homework activity and evaluation criteria can be
varied according to the difficulty of the assignment. |
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7. Evaluation-
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1. Worksheets.
2. Maps.
3. Completed news article rewrite.
4. Completed cartoon or letter.
5. Completed homework assignment.
6. Test. |
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