Summing Up the Disaster

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Summing Up the Disaster

Description:

In this lesson, students will learn that news writing is concise, factual, and informative by writing and publishing an article about the Titanic disaster in a newspaper style using a word processing program.

Education Levels:

3, 4, 5

Subject:

Writing (composition), Journalism

Resource Type:

Lesson plan

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Scholastic

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Keywords:

Titanic, Maritime disasters, News coverage, Media

Mediator:

Elementary school teachers

Publisher:

Scholastic

Contributor:

Genia Connell

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Books on the Titanic (see resource for suggested titles); Overhead projector; Transparencies; Highlighters; Pencils; Paper; Computer(s) with Internet access

Learning Time:

4 days