April 27-28, 2020 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Learning Target: I can explain how the White House Correspondents' Dinner has changed and developed over the years and what it is a state celebration of?

Warm Up: Directions: Students should keep in mind the message of today's political cartoon while they are going through the rest of today's lesson.

Political Cartoon: To celebrate freedom of speech and bully anyone who disagrees with them

Opening: Directions: The students will watch the video of our opening meeting.

The links show in the video of opening meeting are included below. Students may look at them if they wish. However, students are not required to do anything with these links.

Video: Opening Meeting

White House Correspondents' Dinner welcomes back comedic relief in 2020 - ABC News

White House Correspondents' Dinner postponed amid coronavirus outbreak - CNN

Hidden Outbreaks Spread Through U.S. Cities Far Earlier Than Americans Knew, Estimates Say - New York Times


Work Session: Directions: The students will watch videos with questions from past White House Correspondents' Dinners.

Video: Intro

Video: History of the White House Correspondents Dinner

Video: (1st Half) Hasan Minhaj COMPLETE REMARKS at 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner

Video: (2nd Half) Hasan Minhaj COMPLETE REMARKS at 2017 White House Correspondents' Dinner


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Standard(s): MA6.CN.1 Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding.

a. Identify and build media arts skills that support a variety of career options, higher order thinking, problem-solving, creativity, cultural experiences, and historical events in a global learning context.

MA6.CN.2 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.

a. Identify and describe trends in the media arts and communicate how the issues of time, place, and culture are reflected to increase innovation and quality of work (e.g. bridging cultural differences, interdisciplinary study, differing perspectives).

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