Course: Middle School Journalism

School Type:

Middle School

School Max Description:

MS Journalism

Content Area:

Reading/Language Arts

Description:

This is an introductory level course to the topic of Journalism for middle school students. Students will study such topics as media literacy, newspapers as a media type, the role of newspapers in a democratic society, bias in the news, and generation of news publications. The course curriculum includes reading, writing, journalism skills, language conventions, and visual literacy. This course may be used as an elective course.

Course Code:

121010

Prerequisites:

Teacher recommendation preferred

Credits:

0.25

Dual Enrollment Compatible Course:

NCAA Eligible:

Textbooks

Title:

See curriculum for approved resources

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