Students investigate how bias affects communication in this lesson. At the end of the lesson, students are able to:
- Recognize bias in nonfiction texts.
- Recognize the distinction between an objective and a biased account of an event.
- Acknowledge that nearly all written works contain bias.
- Differentiate between irrational prejudice and reasonable opinions.
- Understand how a person's point of view influences the things they say, write, and read.
- Write a slanted story about an incident from the perspective of a specific person.
- Examine articles to determine the author's intentions and to spot instances of prejudiced thought.
- Acknowledge how word choice can reveal bias.
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