Bloom categories Learning objective Activity

verbs
recognize • Students will be able to
Knowledge understand recognize and understand the
(recall, list, define, identify, collect, First Amendment.
label) • Students will understand how
the laws of libel and privacy
place limits on the journalist.
explore • Students will be able to
Comprehension discuss explore how the First
(summarize, describe, interpret, Amendment applies to the
predict, discuss) press.
• Students will explore the role
of the journalist in obtaining
and telling the news.
• Students will explore
sensationalism vs.
newsworthy stories.
• Students will discuss how
CNN and the Internet have
changed the face of news and
changed the role of the
journalist.
investigate • Students will pick one story
Application from the top 25-censored
(apply, demonstrate, illustrate, Media Stories of 2002-2003
classify, experiment, discover) and investigate the reasons
that each may have been
censored.
analyzing • Students will seek a truth in
Analysis reporting by analyzing the
(analyze, classify, connect, explain, same story as it is reported in
infer) various venues. (TV, Radio,
Print, Film)
• Students will recognize
propaganda by analyzing
biased writing
create • Students can create their
Synthesis individual guidelines for
(combine, integrate, plan, create, questionable language,
design, formulate) subject matter and
photographs.
.
Evaluation Share • Students will be given
(assess, recommend, convince, Consider scenarios to analyze; they will
compare, conclude, summarize) compare be asked to consider who the
ethical stake holders are and
they must write their solutions
and share with class