Description
- Overview:
- Every media source has a story to tell--a driving purpose. The media that people consume largely shapes their world views. The US public is becoming more divided partially due to the consumption of increasingly biased news. As a critical consumer of media, It is important to be able to separate fact from opinion. In this unit, adapted from the high school version, students will become critical consumers of news, by identifying media bias in order to become better informed citizens. NOTE: This unit has been adapted for use at the middle school level from the resource Identifying Media Bias in News Sources by Sandra Stroup, Sally Drendel, Greg Saum, and Heidi Morris.
- Subject:
- Journalism, Educational Technology, English Language Arts, Composition and Rhetoric, Reading Foundation Skills, Reading Informational Text, Political Science
- Level:
- Middle School
- Material Type:
- Activity/Lab, Assessment, Game, Homework/Assignment, Lesson Plan, Reading, Student Guide, Unit of Study
- Author:
- Amanda Schneider, Megan Shinn, Heidi Morris, Sally Drendel, Sandra Stroup
- Date Added:
- 05/13/2021
- License:
- Creative Commons Attribution
- Language:
- English
- Media Format:
- Downloadable docs, Interactive, Text/HTML, Video
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Learning Domain: Expectations
Standard: Cite evidence to explain and justify reasoning.
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Learning Domain: Expectations
Standard: Make inferences to support comprehension.
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Learning Domain: Expectations
Standard: Use appropriate collaborative techniques and active listening skills when engaging in discussions in a variety of situations.
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Learning Domain: Expectations
Standard: Use appropriate voice and tone when speaking or writing.
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Learning Domain: Knowledge Constructor
Standard: Students practice and demonstrate the ability to evaluate resources for accuracy, perspective, credibility and relevance.
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: (US) Explain key ideals and principles outlined in the Declaration of Independence, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; the US Constitution, including the rule of law, separation of powers, representative government, and popular sovereignty; and, the Bill of Rights, including due process and freedom of expression
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: (US) Evaluate efforts to reduce discrepancies between key ideals and reality in the United States
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Learning Domain: Civics
Standard: (US) Analyze how a claim on an issue attempts to balance individual rights and the common good
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Learning Domain: Social Studies Skills
Standard: Analyze positions and evidence supporting an issue or an event
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Learning Domain: Social Studies Skills
Standard: Evaluate the logic of reasons for a position on an issue or event
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Learning Domain: Social Studies Skills
Standard: Evaluate the breadth, reliability, and credibility of primary and secondary sources to determine the need for new or additional information when researching an issue or event
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Learning Domain: Social Studies Skills
Standard: Engage in discussion, analyzing multiple viewpoints on public issues
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Learning Domain: Social Studies Skills
Standard: Analyze multiple factors, make generalizations, and interpret sources to formulate a thesis in a paper or presentation, while observing rules related to plagiarism and copyright
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Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
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Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
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Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
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Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
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Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
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Maryland College and Career Ready English Language Arts Standards
Grades 6-8Learning Domain: Reading for Literacy in History/Social Studies
Standard: Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
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Learning Domain: Reading for Informational Text
Standard: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
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Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
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Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text.
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Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
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Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Analyze the interactions between individuals, events, and ideas in a text (e.g., how ideas influence individuals or events, or how individuals influence ideas or events).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author distinguishes his or her position from that of others.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Analyze how two or more authors writing about the same topic shape their presentations of key information by emphasizing different evidence or advancing different interpretations of facts.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Key Ideas and Details.
Standard: Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories).
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Craft and Structure.
Standard: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
Cluster: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas.
Standard: Analyze a case in which two or more texts provide conflicting information on the same topic and identify where the texts disagree on matters of fact or interpretation.
Degree of Alignment: Not Rated (0 users)
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Tags (10)
- Determining Bias
- Fake News
- Loaded Words
- Media Bias
- News
- News Comparison
- News Sources
- Source Analysis
- Source Comparison
- wa-social-studies
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