EDClasses & Training

Can you navigate the flurry of fake news and strike a balance between being a cynic and a sucker? Get the tools you need to stay ahead of online tricksters and trolls.

Are accusations of bias clogging your news feed? Are your students quick to point out that something's unfair — but not as ready to explain why? Tune up your “fairness meter” to assess how objective or biased content really is.

Students learn the persuasion techniques used by candidates when running for office, deepening their ability to analyze a variety of media produced by campaigns and to help separate fact from fiction.

Students debate court cases to learn how far First Amendment protections extend in public schools, and why limits may be necessary.

Is it OK to clean up a quote or broadcast unconfirmed information? Students become more critical consumers of news media by examining real-life case studies of journalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.

What rights do I have, and why are they important to individuals and society?

Students will be introduced to the principles that flow from the religious liberty clauses of the First Amendment.

Students will be introduced to academically rigorous and constitutionally appropriate models for analyzing the role of religion in private and public life.

Students learn about restrictions to freedom of speech in public life, then debate court cases that determined when and why those limits apply.

Students become more critical consumers of visual information by examining real-life case studies of photojournalists striving to be accurate, fair and clear.

Students learn how a newspaper’s front page or website reflects the interests and values of the community, then work in teams to create their own front page or homepage.

Through the lens of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, students explore the unique practical and ethical challenges journalists face when covering breaking news.

Students learn about the groundbreaking 1969 Supreme Court case that protected student speech in public schools.

Students watch and discuss a Newseum-produced documentary about the role of the First Amendment freedoms in the civil rights movement and in protests today.