General Curriculum Outcome 1.0 Students practice journalistic integrity
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1.1 Students follow a code of ethics and understand legal obligations.
Students will know:
- how information is gathered and communicated responsibly
- what is deemed acceptable to communicate
- the concepts and implications of slander, libel, plagiarism, protocol
Students will be able to:
- act according to a code of ethics developed with classmates
- exercise responsible journalism
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MediaSmarts Resources
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Bias and Crime in Media
Bias in News Sources
Cyberbullying and the Law
Fact Versus Opinion
How to Analyze the News
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
News Journalism: Definitions and Comments about the News
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
Television News
The Citizen Reporter
The Front Page
The Girl in the Mirror
Writing a Newspaper Article
You Be the Editor
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General Curriculum Outcome 2.0 Students tell accurate and compelling stories
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2.1 Students employ journalistic interview and observational techniques.
Students will know:
- strategies for preparing for interviews
- strategies for conducting interviews
- what details to look for
- how to document details
Students will be able to:
- formulate effective questions (i.e., open and close-ended)
- build rapport with the interviewee
- read the situation
- probe
- record accurate detail
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MediaSmarts Resources
Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
The Citizen Reporter
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2.2 Students determine newsworthiness, purpose, audience and appropriate format.
Students will know:
- elements that determine news (e.g., timeliness, human interest, conflict, proximity, prominence, consequence)
- how to identify the audience
- how to identify the purpose
- relationship between the purpose and format
Students will be able to:
- witness and report a potential story
- select the format that best suits the audience, purpose, type of story, skill of the creator
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MediaSmarts Resources
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Bias and Crime in Media
Bias in News Sources
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
Television News
The Front Page
You Be the Editor
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2.3 Students produce and present news in a relevant and engaging format.
Students will know:
- strategies for researching
- techniques for revising
- strategies for concise writing/representing
- how to use journalistic conventions and reference tools
- common journalistic formats
Students will be able to:
- follow the composition (print, visual, oral texts) process (planning, drafting, revising, editing)
- employ journalistic writing/representing techniques
- create (develop content, organize word and voice) opinion pieces, feature stories, and news story
- employ a variety of techniques to communicate the message
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MediaSmarts Resources
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
Television News
The Citizen Reporter
The Front Page
Writing a Newspaper Article
You Be the Editor
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General Curriculum Outcome 2.0 Students analyze how journalism shapes and is shaped by the world
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3.1 Students deconstruct texts to identify perspective, bias, and intent.
Students will know:
- texts are influenced by worldview
- language and structures are used to position the reader
Students will be able to:
- consider critical literacy questions while reading any text
- articulate perspective, bias, and intent
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MediaSmarts Resources
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Bias and Crime in Media
Bias in News Sources
Cyberbullying and the Law
Fact Versus Opinion
How to Analyze the News
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
The Front Page
The Girl in the Mirror
You Be the Editor
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3.2 Students analyze the impact of amateur and professional journalists.
Students will know:
- the role of the amateur journalist
- the role of the professional journalist
Students will be able to:
- differentiate the roles of amateur and professional journalist
- determine the validity of information
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MediaSmarts Resources
The Citizen Reporter
Writing a Newspaper Article
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3.3 recognizes the impact of economic, social, historical, and political forces on journalism.
Students will know:
- Journalism has evolved
- Journalism is influenced
Students will be able to:
- access information about the history of journalism
- determine sources
- determine agenda
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MediaSmarts Resources
Bias and Crime in Media
News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities
News Journalism: Definitions and Comments about the News
News Journalism: Radio News
The Citizen Reporter
Writing a Newspaper Article
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