Lesson 1: Analyzing issues through the critical use of credible sources
This lesson introduces students to the current state of the immigration debate via notes and discussion about walls, shutdowns, and travel bans. The lesson also provides students with tools to identify different forms of bias in news articles. This exercise will help students to analyze how beliefs about civil and human rights vary among social, economic, and political groups and understand why it is important to consider situations from multiple perspectives. In the process of analyzing recent articles on immigration, students will build awareness of how various sources of bias may be used to express a political position and further a cause. Students in PSL Honors seminar will examine local perspectives on immigration.
Political Bias Evaluation
Using the media bias chart above and the notes from today's lesson on identifying different forms of bias, evaluate the article below that was assigned to you.
1. Illegal Immigration Expected to Hit Highest Level Since George W. Bush
2. Donald Trump Wants His Mexico Border Wall to be See-Through So No One Gets Hit with Bags of Drugs. No Really.
3. The Hypocrisy of Trump's Anti-Trafficking Argument for a Border Wall
4. The Left, the Wall, the Truth
5. White House Won't Rule Out Another Government Shutdown
1. Illegal Immigration Expected to Hit Highest Level Since George W. Bush
2. Donald Trump Wants His Mexico Border Wall to be See-Through So No One Gets Hit with Bags of Drugs. No Really.
3. The Hypocrisy of Trump's Anti-Trafficking Argument for a Border Wall
4. The Left, the Wall, the Truth
5. White House Won't Rule Out Another Government Shutdown
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