Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.1

SS24.CWI.1 is a cluster heading. These are the individual standards under it.

• SS24.CWI.1a

  Compare and contrast how several sources cover the same events and explain how their varied perspectives influence audience perceptions about the events themsel...

• SS24.CWI.1b

  Describe the impact of current news stories and the issues they present on the individual and on local, national, and international communities.

• SS24.CWI.1c

  Relate current news stories to past events and broader historical trends.

• SS24.CWI.1d

  Locate on a map the areas affected by events reported in national and international news stories.

01

What Students Need to Do

Students compare reports about the same current international event. They look for ways a source's location, culture, politics, or community shapes its coverage and readers' reactions. They map affected places, trace impacts, and connect the news to the past.

02

What Mastery Looks Like

A student can use headlines, word choices, and missing voices to explain why three reports leave different impressions. They can locate affected places and explain effects on a person and on local, national, and international communities. They can explain a clear link to a past event or historical pattern.

03

Common Misconceptions

Students may mistake a difference in emphasis for a contradiction in facts. They may assume a source's point of view makes every fact false. They may mark a country's capital instead of the affected area, or name a past event without explaining the link.

04

How to Assess It

Give students two short reports on one current international event and a blank map. Ask them to mark an affected place, cite one difference in framing, explain whose viewpoint it reflects, and name one effect on a community.

1. 01

   Pairs highlight loaded words in three reports on one current event, tag quoted voices, and mark affected places on a world map.

2. 02

   Write four sentences: How might a reporter's location, political views, or community change the lead of a report on this event?

3. 03

   Run a headline sort: students match six headlines to three source descriptions, then defend each match using word choices and omitted details.

4. 04

   Have students chart how one current international event affects a person, their local community, the country, and people abroad.

• SS24.HS.1b

  Explain factors that have influenced or shaped how the historical subject is viewed in modern day.

• SS24.CWI.2

  Compare the presentation of world events in various media, including cable news services, international news sources, Internet news sources, network television,...