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Covering the News
Track # 269312
Annotations by:  Kathy Wawer
 
 Track Category
Grade(s):
Middle (5-9)
Subjects(s):
Social Sciences
Last Modified:
Jan 26, 2006
Format:
Resource list
 Track Description
Students will compare how different news sources cover the same story. The student will be given a topic to search. S/he must use at least three sources. Consider the following: length of article(s), number of stories, bias, placement in paper, type of article (news, editorial, etc). Describe how the articles are different and how they are the same. How did each article change the way you viewed the story? What 'facts' were included? Describe your conclusions about your sources given the coverage of this one story.
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