Authentic Lessons for 21st Century Learning
In this interactive lesson, students will review what makes content journalistic, an overview of media literacy, and journalistic writing. Students will extend their learning by reviewing and creating an original news brief. Read more »
Created by: Jeremy Davis
Date Updated: October 9th, 2025
In this resource, students explore the elements of a quality news broadcast and work in teams to create and film their own school news segments. They learn about production roles, plan their stories, and choose editing software to produce their final newscasts. Finally, students evaluate their own and... Read more »
Created by: Jeremy Davis
Date Updated: September 22nd, 2025
In this educator resource, students learn how to tell visual stories through camera work and video editing. Students plan, film, and produce a short video using a variety of shot types and composition techniques. Students then share their edited videos with their peers, provide feedback to each other,... Read more »
Created by: Jeremy Davis
Date Updated: September 16th, 2025
In this activity, students will increase their media literacy skills through exploring student-created news websites and analyzing the differences between hard and soft news reporting. Additionally, students will learn how to identify clickbait-style headlines and demonstrate their understanding by... Read more »
Created by: Jeremy Davis
Date Updated: August 1st, 2025
Students are exposed to podcasting and develop their own podcast. Read more »
Created by: Jeremy Davis
Date Updated: July 21st, 2025
This brief examines the impact of high school journalism participation on academic outcomes, revealing that students who take more journalism classes score higher on English-related standardized tests, have higher grades in college English, and are more likely to major in journalism-related fields in... Read more »
