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The Final Quarter - Point Of View In The Media
Lesson2 of 4 in this unit
SecondaryYear 7 - 8EnglishHumanities and Social SciencesAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and CulturesSocialEqualityHuman RightsIndigenous EducationSocial Action
Lesson Summary
Retired AFL star Adam Goodes is known to many for his resilient journey in the face of detrimental treatment by AFL spectators and the media beginning in 2013.
In this lesson, students become more media-literate through critically responding to the diversity of points of view in the media. With a focus on one key scenario, students use visual, verbal and written strategies to understand how different facts can be responded to with a range of perspectives. Students identify key points of view within several texts, and then learn to visualise the connections and relationships between points of view and opinions through the use of dialogue mapping. This provides students with a useful skill that they can apply in other contexts where they are discussing contentious issues. Finally, students apply their learning to their own lives, reflecting on media-literate ways to form opinions about current events.
Learning intentions
Students will:
- understand the role of the media in reporting fact, but also in presenting points of view
- understand why different people have different opinions
- understand how they develop their own opinions and how they differ from/relate to others' opinions
Success criteria
Students can:
- describe the language features of facts vs opinions
- identify differing perspectives stated within a text and make connections between differing responses
- reflect on strategies to seek out and make informed opinions about contentious issues
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