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This Just In!

How should we react to breaking news?

Grade

8

Time

45 mins.

Objectives

  • Define breaking news, and understand why individuals and news outlets want to be first to report a story.
  • Analyze breaking news alerts to identify clues of false or incomplete information.
  • Reflect on the consequences of reacting right away to breaking news alerts.

Vocabulary Show definitions

24/7 news cycle . bias . breaking news
24/7 news cycle – 24-hour, seven-day-a-week investigating and reporting of news via television, radio, print, online, and mobile app devices
bias – showing a strong opinion or preference for or against something or someone
breaking news – information being reported about an event that has just happened or is currently occurring
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Information & Media Literacy Digital Citizenship & Literacy
Standards
This lesson meets standards for Common Core ELA, ISTE, CASEL and AASL.
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Use this lesson to help students make sense of election-related news that they're bound to be watching and reading online, whether on social media or elsewhere. While they're not voters (yet!), this is a great opportunity to help them be critical consumers of news and media.

Lesson Plan

45 mins.

For related lessons, check out the Essential News & Media Literacy Skills for Students lesson collection.

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