H4 NEWS PROJECT les 5 en 6

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Welcome class HAVO 4

Lesson goals:

- Recap: news categories

- Understanding how to deal with the news

- Learning about different news sources

- To trust the news or not to trust the news: 

that's the question....

Recap: what is a headline?

a: a head of a newspaper story or article usually printed in large letter type and giving the gist of the story or article that follows

b. headlines, plural: front-page news

"The scandal made headlines."

Recap: news categories?

- International news

- National news

- Local news

Do you trust the news?

I always trust the news

I usually trust the news

I sometimes trust the news

I never trust the news

How to deal with the news:

- Is all news reliable?

- What's a reliable news source? 

- What influences reporting the news?

Is all news reliable?

What's a reliable news source?

example of
online news source?

Examples of online news sources:

www.cnn.com

www.foxnews.com

www.bbc.com

www.news.sky.com

www.dutchnews.nl

www.nltimes.nl

how do you check whether
your news is reliable
or not?

How do you find out whether your news is reliable or not?

Verification 

Independence

Accountability

(VIA)

VIA

In your own words: What's verification?

Verification:

the act of verifying something 

(= proving or checking that it exists, or is true or correct):

In your own words: What's independence?

Independence:

not subject to control by others

In your own words: what's accountability?

Accountability:

the fact of being responsible for what you do and able to give a satisfactory reason for it

Examples:

• https://www.facebook.com/pluginVNN/
• Fact Checker: President Trump made 19,127 false or misleading claims in 1,226 days
• https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/fact-checker-president-trump-made-19127-false-or-misleading-claims-in-1226-days/ar-BB14RCpH  

Independence
Can a news company really be independent, do you think?

https:

Who is responsible for your news?

1. mainstream media
2. fringe media
3. anonymous sources
4. all of them

Next week:

What is a good News report/article?

See you next time

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