In this activity, students leverage prior knowledge to define the news, understand the role of journalists in covering news, and consider why journalism is important to their personal lives and their community.
Category: Digital & Media Literacy
Duration: 1 hour Grades: 2 - 6
Learning Standards: Common Core (ELA), International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
Learning Objectives
Students will:
Define key terms related to journalism.
Describe the importance of news.
Describe their relationship to the news.
Make personal connections to underreported news stories.
