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Humanities 10:
Truth in the Modern World

Friday: Journalistic Ethics

9/30/2016

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Starter:
  • Take the Osprey Week Survey.
  • Read the news!
  • Turn in your five starters, plus your reflection from yesterday.

Classwork:

  • Examining Bias
  • Journalistic Ethics

Homework:
  • If you're sixteen, bring your drivers' lisence and social security number on Monday so you can pre-register to vote!
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Thursday: Managing Bias

9/29/2016

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Starter:
  • Keep reading the news! Remember:
    • You do need to write down the source (who published it).
    • ​You don't need to write down the prompts.
    • I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
    • You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:
  • Play: Four Corners
  • Read: Understanding Bias
    • Dicuss: Where have you seen the media manage, or not manage, their own biases?
  • Watch: How Journalists Minimize Bias
  • Reflect:
    • What identities and experiences shape the way you understand the world? How do they shape those understandings?
    • What topics and ideas are you instinctively drawn to?
    • What topics and ideas do you instinctively want to avoid?
    • What blind spots could you have?
  • Play: The Watson Rule Discovery Test
    • Watch: ​Confirmation Bias Explained
  • Brainstorm: A Code of Journalistic Ethics 
    • Dan Gillmor's Example
    • Society of Professional Journalists' Example 
    • Ethical Journalism Network's Example

Homework:
  • ​None!
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Wedensday: Sourcing, Ethics and the Fox News Case Study

9/28/2016

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Starter:
  • Keep reading the news! Remember:
    • You do need to write down the source (who published it).
    • ​You don't need to write down the prompts.
    • I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
    • You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:
  • Presentations and News Source Notes
  • Read: "How Roger Ailes Created Modern Conservativism"
  • Watch: "Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism"

Homework:
  • ​None!
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Tuesday: Debriefing the Debate

9/27/2016

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Starter:
  • Keep reading the news! Remember:
    • You do need to write down the source (who published it).
    • ​You don't need to write down the prompts.
    • I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
    • You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:
  • Debriefing the debate.
  • Researching news sources.

Homework:
  • Finish your source research, if needed.
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Monday: Gatekeeping

9/26/2016

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Starter:
  • Keep reading the news! Remember:
    • You do need to write down the source (who published it).
    • ​You don't need to write down the prompts.
    • I'm most interested in your reactions, and evidence that you engaged with the article.
    • You can read any type of news that feels relevant to you.

Classwork:
  • Finish and discuss All The President's Men.
  • Define and discuss media "gatekeeping." 
  • Explore media consolidation.
    • Reading
    • Video
    • Infographic

Homework:
  • None!
  • Challenge Extension: Presidential Debate Bingo!
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