- 5th Grade Social Studies - 5.5.13 Understand developments in foreign policy and domestic policies between the Nixon and Clinton presidencies. e. Describe the growing impact of the media on public opinion. I will have the students in six groups. Each group will have one President (Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, or Clinton). From here I will have the students use http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ to find major information about the President they have been assigned, also links from those pages will be acceptable. The students will research individually and then come together as a group to compare what they have discovered. After the students have grasped a general knowledge about the President, they will then be asked to decide as a group upon one foreign/domestic policy that partook in. After this, the students would look up ways that the news portrayed the policy. This research can be done on http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php? pid=4767. The students would then evaluate how they would respond to the policy based upon how the news outlets had described the policy. The media outlets would range from newspapers, radio broadcasts, to news casts that cover the policy. After this, the students would then create a WikiSpace that would show the policy a brief summary of the policy, the slants that media created, and a reflection from each student stating their personal opinion of the policy and why they think the people did or did not support the policy. From there, the rest of the groups can then observe the rest of the group’s policy by viewing the WikiSpace on a television connected to a computer. I will point out how there are more media sources for President Clinton than Nixon because of society’s increased dependence on media. It would be necessary to have in depth instruction of creating a WikiSpace. If there is a technology lab in the school, this could be a lesson where the general education teacher and technology teacher collaborate. Also I would want to have a time to show the students around the White House website and show them how to conduct a proper search online. Computers with internet access are needed for this activity. Also a large television connected to a computer for easier class viewing is needed. Learner Autonomy will be satisfied because the students are working collaboratively in groups with the teacher only providing guidelines. The students will learn about the policies and media impact by actually being exposed to the media and then being asked to produce an opinion about the policy. This activity is complex and challenging. It incorporates real world situations so that students are exposed to information and must then formulate opinions about the material. This also relates to holistic activities.
5.5.13 Understand developments in foreign policy and domestic policies between the Nixon and Clinton presidencies.
e. Describe the growing impact of the media on public opinion.
I will have the students in six groups. Each group will have one President (Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, or Clinton). From here I will have the students use http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ to find major information about the President they have been assigned, also links from those pages will be acceptable. The students will research individually and then come together as a group to compare what they have discovered. After the students have grasped a general knowledge about the President, they will then be asked to decide as a group upon one foreign/domestic policy that partook in. After this, the students would look up ways that the news portrayed the policy. This research can be done on http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php? pid=4767. The students would then evaluate how they would respond to the policy based upon how the news outlets had described the policy. The media outlets would range from newspapers, radio broadcasts, to news casts that cover the policy. After this, the students would then create a WikiSpace that would show the policy a brief summary of the policy, the slants that media created, and a reflection from each student stating their personal opinion of the policy and why they think the people did or did not support the policy. From there, the rest of the groups can then observe the rest of the group’s policy by viewing the WikiSpace on a television connected to a computer. I will point out how there are more media sources for President Clinton than Nixon because of society’s increased dependence on media.
It would be necessary to have in depth instruction of creating a WikiSpace. If there is a technology lab in the school, this could be a lesson where the general education teacher and technology teacher collaborate. Also I would want to have a time to show the students around the White House website and show them how to conduct a proper search online.
Computers with internet access are needed for this activity. Also a large television connected to a computer for easier class viewing is needed.
Learner Autonomy will be satisfied because the students are working collaboratively in groups with the teacher only providing guidelines. The students will learn about the policies and media impact by actually being exposed to the media and then being asked to produce an opinion about the policy. This activity is complex and challenging. It incorporates real world situations so that students are exposed to information and must then formulate opinions about the material. This also relates to holistic activities.