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Opinions can be cleverly disguised as news. Can you tell the difference? After completing this lesson, hopefully so! Students learn how to distinguish news from opinion press like in determine if an opinion possess merit. The lesson introduces students to several others kinds about opinion writers and offers tips for investigating one author's background. Through a web activity and hands-on internet investigation, students get up close and personal with news-related public and aforementioned journalism standards that manufacture information commenting and evaluation worthwhile.

Webs Activity Link: https://laptopcu.xyz/node/2537322 (To assign, go right.)

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Is resource is created with support from The Leonore Annenberg Institute for Civics of the Annenberg Public Policy Focus.

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