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Climate Change, Biodiversity and Magazine Cover Priorities
Provided by: Project Look Sharp |Published on: May 8, 2024
Lesson Plans
1112AP
Synopsis
- This quick activity prompts students to analyze media choices for a magazine cover in different countries and think critically about why they might be different.
- Reviewing a blogpost about the magazine covers, learners notice that in many countries, the cover story was about global warming, but in the United States, the cover was about a political scandal.
- The teacher guide provides additional context about the Newsweek articles and includes question prompts to encourage students to provide evidence for their claims.
Subjects: Social Studies, English Language Arts
Authors: Project Look Sharp
Region: North America, United States, Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This would serve as an effective hook or introductory activity for a lesson on media literacy, bias, or social media literacy.
- This activity will likely prompt a rich discussion with students and could encourage them to consider who decides what news they receive.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with various new outlets and the motivations for decisions in profit-based businesses.
Differentiation
- Before completing this activity, it may be effective to ask students where they get their news and what they like reading about.
- Address the fact that this example is older and ask students if they think editorial choices change in an environment where many individuals get their news from social media.
- As an extension activity, try to find additional examples where the same news piece is presented in different ways to different audiences.
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About the Partner Provider
Project Look Sharp
Project Look Sharp is a nonprofit, mission-driven outreach program of Ithaca College. Their mission is to help K-16 educators enhance students' critical thinking, metacognition, and civic engagement through media literacy materials and professional development.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
