Alabama Social Studies SS24.CWI.1a
The Standard
- SS24.CWI.1
- Explain how cultural, geographic, political, and social points of view can influence media descriptions of current international events.
Compare and contrast how several sources cover the same events and explain how their varied perspectives influence audience perceptions about the events themselves.
2024 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies · Media Literacy
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students read or view several accounts of one event. They find what each account emphasizes or leaves out, then explain how those choices might shape a reader's view.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name facts the accounts share and point to differences in wording, images, or quoted speakers. They can use those details to explain why readers might judge the event differently.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may assume different headlines mean the basic facts are different. They may miss how a report can use accurate facts but still leave out details that would change a reader's view.
How to Assess It
- A council votes to turn a parking lot into a park. Show these headlines: 'Council Approves New Park,' 'Council Removes Downtown Parking,' and 'Council Replaces Asphalt With Green Space.' Ask students what each headline emphasizes and how it might affect a reader's view.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give groups three printed reports on one city council vote; have them highlight shared facts and circle words that suggest approval or concern.
Ask students to write: Which report would leave a reader most worried about the vote? Quote one phrase that supports your answer.
Play a headline sort: students group headlines about one protest by supportive, critical, or neutral wording, then defend one choice.
Have students compare three local weather posts about the same storm and explain which would prompt a neighbor to prepare first.
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- SS24.HS.4b
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- SS24.CWI.1
Explain how cultural, geographic, political, and social points of view can influence media descriptions of current international events.
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Apply the concept of historiography through contrasting how various historians have interpreted the historical subject.
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