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News Abuse
Social Studies
Trustee: Craig Flournoy
Grade Level: 9-12
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students will interview peers about sources of news, conduct a class survey, write a survey report, and express agreement/disagreement with an opinion.Information on The Side
Social Studies
Trustee: Craig Flournoy
Grade Level: 6-8
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students will identify ways of presenting print information while recognizing effects on audiences, design features to highlight, and present and defend their choice.Lines and Leads
Social Studies
Trustee: Craig Flournoy
Grade Level: 9-12
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students will read, analyze, and write headlines and lead lines for newspaper articles.It's All in the Head(lines)
Social Studies
Trustee: Craig Flournoy
Grade Level: 6-8
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students will read, analyze, distinguish between news of various scope, and predict the main points of a news story.Editor's Pick
Social Studies
Trustee: Craig Flournoy
Grade Level: 6-8
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students will make editorial decisions and present their findings.Women's Contributions
Civic Responsibility; Social Studies
Trustee: Cathy Bonner
Grade: 7-12
Time: 85-90 minutes
Description: Students will use textbooks to explore how women are presented in history.The Value of A Museum
Social Studies (Collective History)
Trustee: Cathy Bonner
Grade Level: 9-10
Subjects: Humanities, History, Civics
Time: 45-50 minutes
Description: Students will explore the differences and similarities beween museums and other places of learning.Are We All That Different?
Social Studies (Diversity)
Trustees: Barney Flores and Amy Wong Mok
Grade: 7-8, 9-12
Time: 60 minutes
Description: Students will explore the characteristics of a diverse community, develop a questionnaire, and poll their communities.A Country of Immigrants, More or Less
Social Studies (Citizenship)
Trustees: Amy Wong Mok and Bernard Rapoport
Grade: 6-12
Time: 90 minutes
Description: Students compare and contrast notions of citizenship and non citizenship and examine patterns of immigration in the US.
