Know-Nothing Party Newspaper Promotes Nativism (2 of 2)

Students explore the basics of media literacy and practice using tools to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of a wide range of sources.

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.

Students learn the persuasion techniques used by candidates when running for office, deepening their ability to analyze a variety of media produced by campaigns and to help separate fact from fiction.

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.

Students will be introduced to the principles that flow from the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment.

Students learn the persuasion techniques used by candidates when running for office, deepening their ability to analyze a variety of media produced by campaigns and to help separate fact from fiction.

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.

Students will be introduced to the principles that flow from the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment.

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.

Students will be introduced to the principles that flow from the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment.

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