HW Mr. Padilla 1.26.17

Homework: Dear parent/guardian, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Topic: We have been learning a lot about propaganda during World War 2, advertisement and fake news.  This passage is about how to identify fake stories and checking to see if they are true.

Option 3:

Ever read a story that really made you mad? Maybe it was about the government secretly spying on you. Don't automatically believe what you just read and pass it on. Many false news stories purposely play on our fears, knowing that doing so will make people follow their emotions and not their brains.

One example of such a story concerned a Texas family of five diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus. Because of the family's diagnosis, the story said, the entire town where they lived was under quarantine. The fake story, published on a site called National Report during the height of the Ebola crisis, took off on Facebook, where hundreds of thousands of people read it, "liked" it and passed it on..., if you find yourself getting pretty steamed, take a step back and re-evaluate.

Simply conduct an online search for "Texas Family of five Ebola" and see what comes up. If sites like The New York Times, CBS or CNN are running the same story, it's likely true.

1.       What is the main point of this passage?

2.       What example is shown to prove the point?

3.       How does the passage recommend people do when they read these stories? 

4.       What is the danger of believing everything you read?

5.       Do you agree with this passage? Why or why not?

Option 2:

Ever read a story that really made you mad? …. Many false news stories purposely play on our fears, knowing that doing so will make people follow their emotions and not their brains.

One example of such a story concerned a Texas family of five diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus. Because of the family's diagnosis… the entire town where they lived was under quarantine. The fake story, published on a site called National Report during the height of the Ebola crisis, took off on Facebook, where hundreds of thousands of people read it, "liked" it and passed it on..., if you find yourself getting pretty steamed, take a step back and re-evaluate.

Simply conduct an online search for "Texas Family of five Ebola" and see what comes up. If sites like The New York Times, CBS or CNN are running the same story, it's likely true.

1.            What do false stories do?

2.            What happened to one family?

3.            What happened to the town?

4.            What did people do when they read the story?

5.            What do you need to do when you get worked up?

6.              How can you find out if the story is new?

Option 1:

Ever read a story that really made you mad? …. Many false news stories purposely (on purpose) play on our fears, knowing that doing so will make people follow their emotions and not their brains.

1.     What do false stories do?

One example … concerned (was about) a Texas family of five diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus. Because of the family's diagnosis… the entire town where they lived was under quarantine (put in isolation).

2.     What happened to one family?

3.     What happened to the town?

The fake story… took off on Facebook, where hundreds of thousands of people read it, "liked" it and passed it on..., if you find yourself getting pretty steamed (worked up), take a step back and re-evaluate (breathe and think).

4.     What did people do when they read the story?

5.     What do you need to do when you get worked up?

… conduct an online search for "Texas Family of five Ebola" and see what comes up. If sites like The New York Times, CBS or CNN are running the same story, it's likely true.

Bonus Question:  How can you find out if the story is new?

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