Current Events
Course Description:
This is a one-semester course where students will use multiple media sources to examine current events. Some of the goals for this class are for students to:
Classroom Assessment:
20% Participation in Classroom Activities
80% Tests, Projects, Weekly Mapping, & a Weekly News Desk piece
Cell Phone Policy:
In my classroom I have a cell phone holder where phones will be placed at the beginning of every class period. They will remain in the holder throughout the class period. Each student will be assigned a designated slot where their phone will be housed. They are NEVER allowed to touch anyone else’s cell phone. If they arrive to class and find that someone from the previous class forgot their cell phone then they should notify me and I will store it in my desk until it is collected by its owner. Students will not be permitted to take their cell phone to the bathroom should a bathroom break need to occur. Cell phones not placed in the cell phone holder will be confiscated and dealt with according to the school handbook policies.
Contact Information:
Joel Manion
Room: Lab 1
Phone: 642-1106
Email: [email protected]
This is a one-semester course where students will use multiple media sources to examine current events. Some of the goals for this class are for students to:
- scrutinize various forms of modern media for possible bias, narratives, and motivations behind the information these outlets produce.
- distinguish fact from opinion.
- understand the difference between journalism and commentating/editorial and how the two are often blurred in today's modern media.
- study and scrutinize two opposing viewpoints of a story and form an opinion based on facts, examples, statistics, logic, and reasoning.
- learn the location of the countries of the world to better understand where things are happening.
Classroom Assessment:
20% Participation in Classroom Activities
80% Tests, Projects, Weekly Mapping, & a Weekly News Desk piece
Cell Phone Policy:
In my classroom I have a cell phone holder where phones will be placed at the beginning of every class period. They will remain in the holder throughout the class period. Each student will be assigned a designated slot where their phone will be housed. They are NEVER allowed to touch anyone else’s cell phone. If they arrive to class and find that someone from the previous class forgot their cell phone then they should notify me and I will store it in my desk until it is collected by its owner. Students will not be permitted to take their cell phone to the bathroom should a bathroom break need to occur. Cell phones not placed in the cell phone holder will be confiscated and dealt with according to the school handbook policies.
Contact Information:
Joel Manion
Room: Lab 1
Phone: 642-1106
Email: [email protected]