Creating and Sustaining an Interest in the News.

Benenson, Wayne

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ERIC Number: EJ445156

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Creating and Sustaining an Interest in the News.

Benenson, Wayne

Social Education, v55 n7 p472-73 Nov-Dec 1991

Recommends classroom activities and student projects designed to foster an interest in the news. Argues that student participation in active news gathering and interpretation will enable them to recognize news bias and emotional appeal. Suggests production of a newspaper, a newscast, an editorial, and assembly of a news review comparing news from past eras. (DK)

Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Current Events, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluative Thinking, Higher Education, News Media, News Reporting, Social Studies, Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Student Participation, Student Projects, Teaching Methods

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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