{"id":38570,"date":"2024-08-16T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/?p=38570"},"modified":"2024-08-17T08:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T12:27:28","slug":"teaching-election-2024-doesnt-have-to-be-controversial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/teaching-election-2024-doesnt-have-to-be-controversial\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Election 2024 Doesn\u2019t Have to be Controversial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Teaching Election 2024 Doesn\u2019t Have to be Controversial<\/strong>
\nby Frank W Baker, media literacy ed consultant<\/p>\n

A recent Education Week headline read: \u201cEducators Reluctant to Teach Election 2024.\u201d\u00a0 Are you one of those?<\/p>\n

I have some ideas for you to consider if you plan to teach about the upcoming election.<\/p>\n

First, I recently posted on my media literacy website: “How To Watch A Presidential Debate”. On that page, you can download \u201cPolitical Ad Analysis Worksheet\u201d and a \u201cDebate Watchers Worksheet.\u201d You can find it all at:
\nhttps:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/how-to-watch-a-presidential-debate-an-updated-media-literacy-guide-for-teachers-and-students-may-2024\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, several years ago I was asked to provide Horry County (SC) social studies educators with some training during that week before school starts.<\/p>\n

Since it was election season, I decided to share an activity related to candidate commercials, since the airwaves were full of those ads.<\/p>\n

In one hat I had the names of candidates running for office. In another hat I had pieces of paper listing one of a number of relevant current issues.\u00a0 The assignment I gave these educators (working in groups) was to create a 30 second commercial (in writing) for their candidate and their chosen issue.<\/p>\n

Teachers were given time to research the issues. For example, I recommended they not only go to the candidates\u2019 websites, but also search the web for anytime a candidate referenced the issue.<\/p>\n

How to write a 30 second commercial?<\/u>
\nAs part of this activity, I distributed a 8 X 11 script template with two columns: one labeled audio and the other labeled video. I also shared some examples of what a commercial on paper looks like.<\/p>\n

After sufficient time, teachers (or students) working in groups share their commercial.
\nI asked a representative from each group to read their ad and using a stopwatch, I timed it to see it was actually 30 seconds. (that was the challenge).<\/p>\n

If given more time, students could actually produce and create their commercial, using user-friendly editing tools available today.<\/p>\n

For more information and resources, head over to my website \u201cThe Role of Media In Politics\u201d
\nhttps:\/\/www.frankwbaker.com\/mlc\/media-politics\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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