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Thursday: Student Ballot and Story Brainstorm

10/13/2016

Starter:

Pick up a paper from the outbox.
Vote in our Durango student election. Here is your ballot.
As you vote, write down at least three questions that the ballot brings up for you.

Classwork:

Brainstorm ideas for your story, using this form.

Homework:

None.

Tuesday: Defining Our Publication

10/11/2016

Starter:

None.

Classwork:

Complete this form to help set the course of our class publication.

Homework:

Seminar reflections are due by midnight on Wednesday in GoogleClassroom.

Monday: Socratic Seminar

10/10/2016

Starter:

None.

Classwork:

We had a Socratic seminar. If you were absent, please complete five of the seminar preparation questions and turn them into GoogleClassroom instead.

Homework:

Seminar reflections are due in GoogleClassroom by midnight on Wednesday.

Friday: Journalistic Ethics

9/30/2016

Starter:

Take the Osprey Week Survey.
Read the news!

Turn in your five starters, plus your reflection from yesterday.

Classwork:

Homework:

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

Thursday: Managing Bias

9/29/2016

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

Homework:

None!