Each section of the guide corresponds to one of the key instructional areas. This guide helps students learn to think globally and act locally by understanding, accepting and valuing differences as well as celebrating diversity in schools and communities. With the focus on media literacy, this guide presents activities to help students evaluate and become more informed consumers of print and electronic media messages. Specific lessons show students how to access, analyze, evaluate and produce media messages. This guide contains detailed activities that lend themselves to performance assessment.
Lessons revolve around constructing the news, news and politics and the role of public relations.
Each activity is followed by a set of evaluation criteria, or rubrics, for the activity. The activities are organized into elementary, middle school and secondary sections. Background information is provided for teachers on developing performance assessment activities and establishing rubrics. The exercises in this 88-page curriculum guide promote the use of the newspaper with cooperative learning. A process research and writing approach is emphasized.