Social Justice and Journalism
Project Overview
Driving Question:
How does journalism bring awareness to important issues?
SUMMARY:
Students will generate, identify, and research a relevant social justice issue of importance to them. Then they’ll write a newspaper article to shine light on the issue and share it with the community.
Standards:
W.4 Produce clear and coherent writing
W.7 Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic and to answer
W.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work
GCS 1.3: Analyze, integrate and evaluate sources
GCS 1.4: Develop an evidence-based position and draw conclusions
GCS 3.2: Communicate with diverse people
Minor Products:
“What is Social Justice?” written response
Image representing Social Justice topic
Major Products:
Essay/Article on important Social Justice topic
Newspaper compilation
