Share news about your family by making a family newsletter in Google Docs. Time to complete: 45-90 minutes
With the ever-changing online and social media landscape for accessing news, students need tools to sift through the good, the bad, and the ugly and develop skills to determine credibility, recognize bias, and fact check. Teachers need high quality materials to support the teaching of media literacy. This content package is intended for educators to easily find lessons, eBooks, videos, websites, articles, units of study, graphics, and other resources to support the teaching of media literacy and to help students “navigate the news.”
MercoPress is an "Independent news agency" concentrating on Mercosur (Common Market of the South) countries and includes in its area of influence the South Atlantic and insular territories. The particular site focuses on Venezuela, but there are links to the left for the other Mercosur countries, and topics of interest to the region.
The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide new satellite imagery and scientific information about our home planet to the public. The focus is on Earth's climate and environmental change.
This site provides a wealth of information regarding space exploration. Content includes spaceflight history, real-time data, shuttle information, a gallery of photos, and more information from the NASA archives.
Explore the depths of space and science comprehensive information about the meteor showers in 2004, the transit of Venus, virtual reality, and other interesting science history.
This site provides information on virtually every type of cancer. Information can be found on prevention, causes, detection, treatments, research, and support groups.
The FFA is an organization that enriches the education of production farm students as well as those who wish to advance careers.
This is a very fun and engaging resource for kids and teachers. Students can learn about wildlife and ecology while reading stories and articles, playing games, and doing activities.
Real-life examples, interactive headline and image games and brief explanations make this an attractive site for learning to recognize media bias.
This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy is an essential skill for all students across a range of subjects, from Science to Social Studies to English Language Arts. The collection is also useful for a behind-the-scenes look at journalism and how information is researched, shaped, and reported. Check out the resources in the collection topics.
This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy is an essential skill for all students across a range of subjects, from Science to Social Studies to English Language Arts. The collection is also useful for a behind-the-scenes look at journalism and how information is researched, shaped, and reported. Check out the resources in the collection topics.
A fabulous Newscript.com site for broadcast news writing. You can learn how to craft the perfect sentence for radio listeners.
Find out the basics of newsroom operation and the expectations of the various parts of a news broadcast.
This video lesson goes over how to alter a quotation by removing word or lines. It is 1 of 4 in the series titled "Omitting Words from Quotations." [5:17]
This is PBS - Frontline's teacher site that includes lesson plans, TV schedules, videos, and idea sharing.
In this lesson, students explore the many characteristics of a newspaper and try their hands at becoming reporters. They can expand their knowledge about Ernest Hemingway, and author a newspaper focusing on his life, especially his interests and travels. While this lesson is designed in conjunction with the PBS program, "Hemingway Adventure," access to the program is not essential to the lesson.
Continual news updates concerning the situation in Iraq. Side menu bar includes these topics: reconstruction, remnants of Saddam's regime, key players, key maps, and information for students and teachers. (Updated to 28 December 2010)
Reports of current economic news and analysis on PBS, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.
This is a mega search site. With five ways to search and byte-bots constantly scanning the Web, if it is out there, you should be able to find it here.