Identifying Bias in Sources
Students will learn to identify and analyze different types of bias in informational texts.
Key Questions
- Differentiate between explicit and implicit bias in a news article.
- Analyze how an author's word choice can reveal their bias.
- Predict how a biased source might influence a reader's understanding of an event.
NCCA Curriculum Specifications
Suggested Methodologies
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