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Daily Video November 18 2016

Did fake news influence the outcome of Election 2016?
The proliferation of fake news sources on social media has raised questions about the duty of sites like Facebook and Twitter to screen content and distinguish fact from fiction.
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Lesson Plan October 14 2015

Lesson Plan: Why I go to school -- A student multimedia project
Subject(s) Journalism, Art, English, Social Studies Estimated Time: 45 to 60 minutes …
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Lesson Plan March 27 2015

Lesson plan: Satire's role in current events

This lesson asks students to think critically about their relationship to satire and explore the question of how it helps us interpret global events.
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Lesson Plan September 19 2014

Ebola outbreak mission instructions and resources - Digital Student Guide
Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown Dece…
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Student Voices April 24 2014

Student reporters honored as #NextGen public media producers
  What do an eighth grade news anchor from Newark, N.J., a three-time student Emmy winne…
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Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Podcasting: Sharing your ideas About featured topics - Lesson Plan
By Lisa Prososki Subject(s) Social Studies, Communication Arts, Technology, Science, J…
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Lesson Plan February 20 2013

Reel politics: How Hollywood exercises its freedom of speech - Lesson Plan
By Rachel Klein Subjects Civics, Fine Arts, Visual Arts Estimated Time A…
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Student Voices September 03 2012

Students Get New Perspective at RNC Breakfast
The PBS NewsHour hosted a newsmaker breakfast at the 2012 Republican National Convention that inclu…
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Lesson Plan March 21 2005

Lesson plan: The unspoken words of media ethics
By Lisa Greeves, English and journalism teacher Subjects Social studies, civics, journalism…
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