This collection contains two lesson plans and an interactive game that will facilitate discussion and deepen understanding of the complex issues raised in the documentary film, A Fragile Trust: Plagiarism, Power, and Jayson Blair at The New York Times. Students will be encouraged to think critically about the daily pressures faced by journalists and media makers in a fast-paced and quickly changing field.

Concepts

critical thinking, plagiarism, power

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Additional Tags

documentary, a fragile trust: plagiarism, power, and jayson blair at the new york times, decisions on a deadline, pbs learningmedia, media makers, pressures on journalists, copyright law and plagiarism

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional