This Just In!

Lesson Overview and Teacher Lesson Plan

Essential Question:

How should we react to breaking news?

Students will be able to:

Define breaking news, and understand why individuals and news outlets want to be first to report a story.
Analyze breaking news alerts to identify clues of false or incomplete information.
Reflect on the consequences of reacting right away to breaking news alerts.

Estimated time: 45 min

Lesson Snapshot:

Warm Up: Who's First? (10 min)
Analyze: Breaking Down Breaking News (20 min)
Apply: Canceled Concert (10 min)
Wrap Up: Trusted Source (5 min)

What you need:

no additional supplies needed

Quick Links to Lesson Resources:

Student Handout: Breaking News! - Student Version - Teacher Version

Student Handout: Canceled Concert? - Student Version - Teacher Version

Lesson Quiz - Student Version - Teacher Version

Take-home resources:

Family activity

Family engagement resources

Standards Alignment:

Common Core ELA:

L.8.6, RI.8.1, RI.8.4, RI.8.8, RI.8.9, RI.8.10, SL.8.1, SL.8.1b, SL.8.1c, SL.8.1d, SL.8.2, SL.8.6, W.8.10

ISTE:

1d, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d, 6a, 7b, 7c, 7d

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