Non-Fiction Media Unit Plan:
Creating a “Breaking News” Website on Cassie Brown’s
Death on the Ice
Lesson 1: Discussing the
Impact of the “Great Sealing Disaster of 1914"
Total time: 50 minutes
5 minutes – Administration
– settle class down, take attendance, check homework, etc.
10 minutes – Free Writing
– Have students free write their thoughts on what sorts of questions or
controversies would arise, particularly in the media, is such an event
were to
happen today.
20 minutes – Class Discussion
– Select students, or have volunteers read their responses aloud.
– Hold a class discussion on these questions and controversies, and how
the
students think the media and other groups or individuals would respond
to these.
10 minutes – Brainstorming
– As a class, comprise a list of individuals, groups, and organizations
who would
likely be involved in the wake of such a disaster (ie – mass media, politicians,
families of victims, unions, police, ship owners, etc.)
5 minutes – Administration
– Assigning homework, tidy-up classroom, preparing for dismissal, etc.
(Note – a good homework assignment would be to have students watch the
news,
and make notes on how the media handles similar situations.) |