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Words in the News | The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom | NASA's Night Sky Network
Common Core State Standard
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
09/04/2023
Social media giants fuel antisemitism and extremism, studies find
A group of researchers found that the majority of the world’s biggest social media platforms are pushing antisemitic and hateful content in spite of their official policies against hate speech. Studies by the Anti-Defamation League and the Tech Transparency Project found that the programming on three out of the four biggest social media platforms was actually pushing hateful content on their users. And, the most harmful content was being recommended for teens.■Class discussion: Social media pays for its “free service” by designing algorithms to keep users on their sites as long as possible to target them with advertising. Do these programs reinforce a user’s viewpoint by only showing them posts they agree with? What if these posts are full of misinformation, conspiracy theories or hateful messages? Has social media helped turn some users into religious or political extremists? How can you protect yourself from harmful content on social media?