Unit 3/Week 1 Title: The Trouble with Television Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.6; W.8.2, W.8.4, W.8.9; SL.8.1; L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.4 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings The very nature of television and television viewing is a threat to our language, literacy, imagination and our ability to comprehend and deal with complex issues. Synopsis In “The Trouble With Television,” former broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil presents a persuasive case that television has a negative effect on American society. He cites statistical evidence about the average amount of hours spent watching television and the feeding of information in short bursts to support his argument that television viewing undermines Americans ability to think critically or handle complex issues in their lives.
Unit 3/Week 1 Title: The Trouble with Television Suggested Time: 5 days (45 minutes per day) Common Core ELA Standards: RI.8.1, RI.8.2, RI.8.3, RI.8.4, RI.8.6; W.8.2, W.8.4, W.8.9; SL.8.1; L.8.1, L.8.2, L.8.4 Teacher Instructions Preparing for Teaching Read the Big Ideas and Key Understandings and the Synopsis. Please do not read this to the students. This is a description for teachers about the big ideas and key understanding that students should take away after completing this task. Big Ideas and Key Understandings The very nature of television and television viewing is a threat to our language, literacy, imagination and our ability to comprehend and deal with complex issues. Synopsis In “The Trouble With Television,” former broadcast journalist Robert MacNeil presents a persuasive case that television has a negative effect on American society. He cites statistical evidence about the average amount of hours spent watching television and the feeding of information in short bursts to support his argument that television viewing undermines Americans ability to think critically or handle complex issues in their lives.
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