One of my favorite units to teach for Grade 8, MYP Year 3, is the Bias In Media. Throughout the unit we look at ways news, entertainment, and even ourselves have bias.
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Students study news, tv, songs, commercials, and print ads. They try to find ways that bias is included in each type of media. News bias is different from TV & Songs which are all different for commercials and print ads. Students had to determine what they had in common, what was different, and why being aware of all types of biases is important.
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- Paula’s KAS Bias In Media Post
- Jonathan’s Video
- Elaina’s Bias In Media Maze
- Claire’s KAS Bias In Media Post
- Hirams’s Picture on How News Can Be Portrayed & Biased
- Anderson’s KAS Bias In Media Post
Most items for students to annotate and analyze can be found doing a quick google search.
One resource that I discovered this year was Checkology.
The News Literacy Project, Checkology creators, has a very powerful and informing tool that many students valued during this unit.
Another source I used was Media Smart. I created a slide based on their information:
Detect Bias In News
A video we reviewed that showed our own personal biases from Practical Psychology:
A Crash Course video as well to determine the difference in prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination:
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