CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.7 | JEA Curriculum Initiative

October 2, 2016

News Gathering

Why data literacy matters

Students will learn how the changing career field of journalism now requires students to understand the role of big data, including how to gather it and how to visualize it.

September 2, 2015

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How a breaking story unfolds online

Students evaluate how professional news organizations break news using the Web and social media tools.

August 24, 2015

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Covering developing stories

Students read a series of stories covering a developing story to understand how continuous online coverage differs from the periodical print coverage most high school media staffs are accustomed to.

January 12, 2015

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Going live: A comparison of real-time coverage options

Description Students explore three strategies for real-time coverage, evaluating coverage scenarios to select the most appropriate method. Objectives Students will be able to identify three types of live coverage options. Students will evaluate the effectiveness of each option in a hypothetical situation. Students will cover a …

January 12, 2015

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How we read online

Students read excerpts from two articles synthesizing key research about online readers and demonstrate an understanding of how online readers interact with content.

November 18, 2014

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Beat coverage and the Web: Why it makes sense

Description Students explore beat coverage on the Web and develop a beat list for their own campus. Objectives Students will be able to define beat coverage and explain its purpose. Students will be able to explain why online coverage is particularly useful in covering a beat. …

November 18, 2014

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Comparing print and online journalism

Description A lesson on common differences between print and online stories, coverage Objectives Students will understand the strengths and challenges of each medium, print and online. Students will be able to identify and explain differences in print and online coverage of a major news story. …

September 25, 2014

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News Gathering

Using public documents

Description This lesson takes students through the steps of gathering and using public documents to report a story and to cover a public meeting. To familiarize them with the process, students will conduct an online public records search. Students also will request an agenda for a …

March 21, 2014

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Marketing and Audience Engagement

Entrepreneurship in scholastic journalism

This lesson digs deeper into the how’s of entrepreneurship, and what it looks like in the real world

March 21, 2014

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Marketing and Audience Engagement

Contrasting entrepreneurship and reporting

Description This lesson builds on the previous introduction to the concept of entrepreneurship and how it applies to journalism with particular attention to examples and non-examples of entrepreneurship in journalism, excluding production activities. Students will also investigate one aspect of entrepreneurship and report on it to …

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Why data literacy matters

How a breaking story unfolds online

Covering developing stories

Going live: A comparison of real-time coverage options

How we read online

Beat coverage and the Web: Why it makes sense

Comparing print and online journalism

Using public documents

Entrepreneurship in scholastic journalism

Contrasting entrepreneurship and reporting