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In this lesson students will analyze the role current events play in their lives. This lesson is designed to encourage students to broaden their awareness of current events and to increase their critical thinking skills as they analyze news events. Students will create a community culture collage using photographs, images and text from local newspapers. The lesson also contains an open-ended activity that may be used with any current event topic.
Grade Level: Grades 4-8
Subject Areas: Current Events, Language Arts
Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to
interpret facts and express meaning about the local community through newspaper images and text.
analyze and critique newspaper and media news reports.
synthesize information from a variety of sources.
Materials:
Internet access
Newspapers
Bookmark the following sites:
CIA World Fact website
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
STANDARDS
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/search.asp
Reading
Standard 5
Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process
Level II [Grade: 3-5]
2. Establishes a purpose for reading (e.g., for information, for pleasure, to understand a specific viewpoint)
10. Understands the authorís purpose (e.g., to persuade, to inform) or point of view
Level III [Grade: 6-8]
1. Establishes and adjusts purposes for reading (e.g., to understand, interpret, enjoy, solve problems, predict outcomes, answer a specific question, form an opinion, skim for facts; to discover models for own writing)
6. Reflects on what has been learned after reading and formulates ideas, opinions, and personal responses to texts
Standard 6
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Level II [Grade: 3-5]
1. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and texts (e.g., fairy tales, folktales, fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fables, fantasies, historical fiction, biographies, autobiographies, chapter books)
Level III Grade: 6-8
1. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand a variety of literary passages and texts (e.g., fiction, nonfiction, myths, poems, fantasies, biographies, autobiographies, science fiction, drama)
Standard 8
Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes
Level II [Grade: 3-5]
1. Contributes to group discussions
3. Responds to questions and comments (e.g., gives reasons in support of opinions, responds to othersí ideas)
4. Listens to classmates and adults (e.g., does not interrupt, faces the speaker, asks questions, summarizes or paraphrases to confirm understanding, gives feedback, eliminates barriers to effective listening)
5. Uses strategies to convey a clear main point when speaking (e.g., expresses ideas in a logical manner, uses specific vocabulary to establish tone and present information)
7. Makes basic oral presentations to class (e.g., uses subject-related information and vocabulary; includes content appropriate to the audience; relates ideas and observations; incorporates visual aids or props; incorporates several sources of information)
12. Understands the main ideas and supporting details in spoken texts (e.g., presentations by peers or quest speakers, a current affairs report on the radio)
Level III [Grade: 6-8]
1. Plays a variety of roles in group discussions (e.g., active listener, discussion leader, facilitator)
2. Asks questions to seek elaboration and clarification of ideas
3. Uses strategies to enhance listening comprehension (e.g., takes notes; organizes, summarizes, and paraphrases spoken ideas and details)
4. Listens in order to understand topic, purpose, and perspective in spoken texts (e.g., of a guest speaker, of an informational video, of a televised interview, of radio news programs)
6. Makes oral presentations to the class (e.g., uses notes and outlines; uses organizational pattern that includes preview, introduction, body, transitions, conclusion; uses a clear point of view; uses evidence and arguments to support opinions; uses visual media)
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