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ERIC Number: EJ445156
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
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
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: News Bias; News Topics