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Language Arts
B. Literature & Culture
Students will use reading, listening and viewing strategies to experience, understand, and appreciate literature and culture. Literacy texts that are rich in quality, add to the understanding of history and various cultures and build an appreciation of the many dimensions (e.g. philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) or human experience.
C. Language & Images
Students will demonstrate an understanding of
how words and images communicate. Language and images enable people
to get things done, to take charge of their lives, to express
opinions and feelings, to experience emotions, and to function as
productive citizens. Students will consider such things as
relationship between thought and language, the ways people use
language and other symbol systems to communicate, the history and
structure of English, and the similarities and differences in the
ways various social, occupational, and cultural groups use
language.
D. Informational
Texts
Students will apply
reading, listening, and viewing strategies to informational texts
across all areas of curriculum. When reading, listening, and viewing
critically, students will ask pertinent questions, recognize
assumptions and implications, and evaluate information and ideas. In
a world that surrounds them with information, they have to be able
to connect with this information and make sense of
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Social
Studies
Civics and Government
Secondary Grades
5. Evaluate the role of
the media and public opinion in US politics, including ways the
government and media influence public opinion.
History
Secondary
Grades
Compare and contrast the
reliability of information received from multiple sources (e.g.
newspapers, radio or TV, biography, historical narrative) to assess
an historical issue
Economic Systems of
US
3. Explain the positive and negative impacts
of advertising techniques on consumer behavior |
Health/Prevention
Students will understand
how media techniques, cultural perspectives, technology, peers and
family influence behaviors that affect health.
Students receive an almost constant stream
of information about their health and behavior. As a first step to
making decisions that protect health, students need to recognize how
different messages influence their
actions. |