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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBeyond Black and White: Examining the Portrayal of Race in Video Games and the Entertainment Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students critically examine the portrayal of minorities in video games...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLink1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts1900 America: Historical Voices, Poetic Visions is a lesson plan in which students create their own multi-media epic poems abou...Contributor: Federal Resources for Educational ExcellenceViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPressing Cases: Exploring the Relationship Between Law Enforcement and News Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate famous criminal cases in which the media has play...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPopcorn Lab- Scientific Method (Variables)
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesIn this lab, students will be using the scientific method to determine what makes popcorn pop.Student will be identifying contro...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring Literacy in Cyberspace
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink lesson invites students to transfer the analytical skills that they commonly use when reading traditional pr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBuilding Vietnam War Scavenger Hunts through Web-Based Inquiry
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Technology, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, United States HistoryIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students read a book about Vietnam, as a whole class or in literature circles. Then, workin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvaluating Eyewitness Reports
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Humanities, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Writing StrategiesThis lesson, from EDSITEment, offers students experience in drawing historical meaning from eyewitness accounts that present a r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCensorship in the Classroom: Understanding Controversial Issues
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students examine propaganda and media bias and explore a variety of banned and challenged books, ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring the Carbon Cycle
Grades: No grades selected.Subjects: Agriculture & Natural ResourcesWhat is one of today s most popular buzzwords? If you said carbon , then this lab is for you. Students are inundated with comme...Contributor: CTE OnlineViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFrom Whose Perspective?: Critically Analyzing News Coverage of Palestinian-Israeli Violence
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Technology, American Democracy, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 4 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students critically analyze news coverage of Palestinian-Israeli v...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkConsider the Source: Comparing News Coverage About the Taliban Regime from Around the World
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, World History, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn to critically compare news reporting from around the wo...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack and White in United States History: A Gray Area
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: United States History, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students evaluate the responsibilities of history textbooks in reporti...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkChanging the World: Social Entrepreneurs Part One
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: History-Social ScienceLesson addresses the role of social entrepreneurs in affecting positive social change around the world. Introduces students to t...Contributor: Smithsonian EducationViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Object Is Objectivity: Investigating World Reaction to the U.S. Strike Against the Taliban
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, United States History and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students search for and read articles about the initial United States ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAttack on Iraq: Investigating the Reasons for and Reactions to Operation Desert Fox
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, World History, United States History, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students investigate the 1998 military strike on Iraq and the public r...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkClasses for the Masses: Exploring How Class is Represented in Contemporary Media
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, SociologyIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how class is represented in the media by developing i...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Source of Knowledge: Exploring the Reliability of Sources of Information through Examining the North Korea and South Korea Reconciliation Efforts
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: World History, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, History-Social Science and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students first explore the effects of the thaw between North Korea and...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCovering the News: Analyzing Media Coverage of Crimes
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, History-Social Science and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students compare the coverage of two crime stories, analyzing both for...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0