Media Ethics

Students learn how a newspaper’s front page or website reflects the interests and values of the community, then work in teams to create their own front page or homepage.

With the day's front pages and a supersized board game, students learn about front page elements and purpose.

Students see how technology affects communication through hands-on exploration of telegraphs, typewriters, metal type sorts and more.

Can you navigate the flurry of fake news and strike a balance between being a cynic and a sucker? Get the tools you need to stay ahead of online tricksters and trolls.

Is it OK to clean up a quote or broadcast unconfirmed information? Students become more critical consumers of news media by examining real-life case studies of journalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.

Students watch and discuss a Newseum-produced documentary about the role of the First Amendment freedoms in the civil rights movement and in protests today.

Is it OK to clean up a quote or broadcast unconfirmed information? Students become more critical consumers of news media by examining real-life case studies of journalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.

Students debate court cases to learn how far First Amendment protections extend in public schools, and why limits may be necessary.

Can you navigate the flurry of fake news and strike a balance between being a cynic and a sucker? Get the tools you need to stay ahead of online tricksters and trolls.

Is it OK to clean up a quote or broadcast unconfirmed information? Students become more critical consumers of news media by examining real-life case studies of journalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.

Students learn about restrictions to freedom of speech in public life, then debate court cases that determined when and why those limits apply.

Students become more critical consumers of visual information by examining real-life case studies of photojournalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.