Target Audience for Activity: Grades 4-12
Objectives:
- Students will analyze the world around them.
- Students will analyze data and draw conclusions.
- Students will learn critical thinking skills.
Supplies:
- Read All About It Activity Sheet (Print one copy for each student)
Have students create and conduct a survey of their classmates, parents, and other friends. The goal of the survey is to determine: How do you learn about the world around you? Some of the questions should include:
- What are your sources of news?
- Newspapers (which one)?
- Television (which station)?
- Radio (which station)?
- Internet (which site)?
- Other people?
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Organization newsletters?
- What types of news interest you?
- Neighborhood?
- Town/City/County?
- National?
- International?
Encourage students to draft additional questions. Have them compile the results of the survey to determine the most popular news outlets. Results can be further categorized by age and gender.