Information Check!
The goal of this exercise is to have students evaluate
how they get information and examine who they trust for that information
and why they trust them.
Materials needed: current local newspapers and a TV with
local new access
- Have your students view a local news program and make notes about
the lead story and the other stories covered.
- Assign your students to compare the local news progam's coverage of
the story with the coverage in the local newspaper.
- Lead your students in a discussion of the differences in stories
covered by the two types of media, which type of media had the best
coverage of the stories they both covered and why that is, and how does
the media make news entertaining and informative at the same time?
- Lead your students in a brainstorm about the kind of news they would
like to see in the media. Ask them where they would get information
for the news they're interested in and then have them list sources of
information they think are the best. Help your students evaluate the
quality of information from these sources.
- Ask your students what sources they think are credible in providing
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug information. Make a list of these sources
on the board. Lead your students in a discussion of the strengths and
weaknesses of these sources.
- Finally, handout a resource sheet with web sites and phone numbers
of credible information sources about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs.
The following pages will be helpful in helping you create a handout:
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