Curated OER
No More Freedom Fries?
Students discuss the May, 2007, French presidental election of pro-American, right-wing candidate Nicholas Sarkozy. They reflect on both the historical and contemporary relationship between France and the United States. Students work...
Curated OER
Posture and Pantomime: Total Body Movement
Students analyze posture and pantomime in an analysis of total body movement. In this body movement lesson, students read a chart of movements and the mood or attitude they convey. Students complete several space and observation...
Curated OER
Freedom of Expression in Special Places
Young scholars analyze the judicial decision making process, and identify three places presenting First Amendment problems. They analyze how the 1st Amendment applies to school newspapers, and argue for and against limiting 1st Amendment...
Washington State University
Washington State University: The Myth of Objectivity in Journalism, a Commentary
Scholarly discussion of objectivity and subjectivity as it exists, according to the author, in the world of journalism. Promotes critical thinking about how the news is gathered, written, and disseminated.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: The Feature Story?fifteen Minutes (And 500 Words) of Fame!
Contains plans for five lessons that teach young scholars how to write feature news stories and the difference between feature and hard news articles. Students interview each other as prewriting for writing their own human interest...
Other
Union of Journalists: Memorandum on Digital Manipulation
This is an article offering possible guidelines (and marking techniques) to avoid the unethical alteration of photos through digital manipulation or tampering.