Re: Australian Boat People Saga - lesson ideas

[Seth and Betsy Budney <sbbudney@ENTERACT.COM>]

Barbara,

I am always grateful when someone posts lesson plan ideas.  Current events
are not off-topic.  This lesson is exactly the sort we should be bringing
to our teachers.

Thank you for the heads up, and the websites. If possible, we could also
obtain copies of the papers, or make visits to the public libraries for the
students to compare the Internet edition of the newspapers, and the print
additions.  What information was left out of the Internet edition because
of space and time restrictions?  What are the different opinions they might
form based on only one source of information?

Jenny,

If you see bias in Barbara's suggestion, perhaps you could use this
information for precisely what she suggested:   a lesson in biased
reporting, propaganda, and misinformation.  Also, you might have the
students discover the "bias" that other countries had during several
different periods of time.  For example, quotas in different countries
during the early part of this century, countries turning away refugees
during WWII, the British forcibly turning  away Jews before Israel became
independent, and why is it so hard for military personnel to bring brides
back to their home country?  People have always been turned away at the
borders.  Have them search for the reasons why.

Thank you again Barbara, for the great idea.

Betsy Budney, Librarian
Harte Elementary School
Chicago, IL
sbbudney@enteract.com

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