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The curriculum, Media and American Democracy, was made possible by a generous grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
5 units/15 lessons with activities and extensions challenges learners to apply, analyze and evaluate the First Amendment. Equal Time Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Lesson Overview Back of the Book Resources Objectives Answer Key (155-164) Critical Engagement Question Glossary (166-171) Landmark Cases (172-174) Lesson Media Milestones (175-176) Homework Historical Journalistic Code of Ethics (177) Context Lesson Plan Website Eval. Template (179-180) Handouts
Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies 8. Delineate and evaluate the reasoning in seminal U.S. texts, including the application of constitutional principles and use of legal reasoning (e.g., in U.S. Supreme Court majority opinions and dissents) and the premises, purposes, and arguments in works of public advocacy (e.g., The Federalist, presidential addresses). 9. Analyze seventeenth-, eighteenth-, and nineteenthcentury foundational U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (including The Declaration of Independence, the Preamble to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, and Lincolns Second Inaugural Address) for their themes, purposes, and rhetorical features.
Hodding Carter, President and CEO John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
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What would like to see the media do that you feel they are not?
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YOUR views!
Question #6 (Pg. 11)
What can the media do to increase citizens confidence in their reporting?
With which expert do you most agree? Disagree?
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Are journalists who withhold information from officials preserving the freedom of the press, or are they obstructing justice?
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Question #7 (Pg. 12)
Are journalists who withhold information from officials preserving the freedom of the press, or are they obstructing justice?
With which expert do you most agree? Disagree?
Where is the line between freedom of the press and obstruction of justice?
Nearly 40% of Americans had a high degree of trust in television news and newspapers in 2000.
. . .were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." -Thomas Jefferson, 1792
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