5.3.16

WU: Mislabeled When was a time where you felt mislabeled, misunderstood, or misrepresented in writing or in words?

What was the situation? What caused the mislabeling, misunderstanding, and/or misrepresentation? What should have been said or understood that wasn’t?

Discussion: Labeling a story--What makes it complicated?

Big Question: How do you get your news? (movement activity) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
 * 1)  I get my news from the newspaper.
 * 1)  I get my news from the internet.
 * 1)  I get my news from online articles.
 * 1)  I get my news from videos/online clips.
 * 1)  I get my news from television news channels. (CNN, FOX, etc.)
 * 1)  I get my news from television shows (The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, etc.)
 * 1)  I get my news from friends/parents/word of mouth.
 * 1)  I get my news from social media.
 * 1)  I don’t read/watch the news.
 * 1)  I trust my go-to news source.
 * 1)  I trust the news to be unbiased.
 * 1)  I read every article I start from start to finish.
 * 1)  I read the comments after articles online.
 * 1)  I comment on articles I read.
 * 1)  I talk about current events with friends/family.
 * 1)  I share the news I find with others either verbally or in a social media forum.
 * 1)  I think the news is powerful in shaping public opinion.
 * 1)  If something seems biased in my news source, I do additional research.
 * 1)  I pay attention to the website or origin of my news source.

Big Question: When you need to find out something or learn about a new topic, how do you find your information? > > > > > > >
 * 1)  How do you get your news?
 * 1)  Where do you get your news?
 * 1)  How do you decide whether or not to read an article or watch a video?
 * 1)  What will get you to read an article or watch a video?
 * 1)  If you read an article/watch a clip, how likely are you to read/watch another piece of news relating to the same topic from another news source?
 * 1)  How much do you feel that headlines affect your understanding of the news?
 * 1)  What bias can a headline create?

Big Question: Discuss implications--How does the method that we get and share news affect how the story is told? Can it create single stories? How can a headline be “dangerous” like a single story?

How should we tells stories, give, or get news in a way that avoids bias or caters to a dominant point of view?

Examples: Discussion of impact of these articles

Headlines: [|__http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/14/media-black-victims_n_5673291.html__]

Layers: [|__http://www.frameworksinstitute.org/assets/files/PDF_race/cognitive_media_analysis.pdf__] Pg. 15

Headlines and Images: Rioting vs. Revelry [|__http://mic.com/articles/116680/11-stunning-images-highlight-the-double-standard-of-reactions-to-riots-like-baltimore#.pJBNocn31__]

Headlines and Images: Mugshots vs. School photos: 1) [|__http://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/guest-columnists/gazette-kcrg-tv9-photos-explained-20150403__] 2) [|__http://www.rawstory.com/2015/03/charged-with-same-crime-iowa-paper-shows-black-suspects-mug-shots-but-whites-get-yearbook-pics/__] 3) [|__http://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/three-university-of-iowa-wrestlers-arrested-20150324__]

Connect to The Odyssey-- Write/create headline, image and first sentence of an article about one of the monsters/challengers that Odysseus faces. Your goal is to set the story to paint one of the major players as the victim and the other as the victor.

> > > > > > > >
 * Scylla and Charybdis
 * Polyphemus
 * Circe
 * The Sirens
 * The suitors
 * The Laestrygonians
 * The Lotus Eaters
 * The maids

Discussion: How does this discussion/activity connect to writing about //The Odyssey?// How can you pick a topic that allows you to connect to the model day?

HW: Come to class with a list of at least three topics from //The Odyssey// that you might be interested in writing about. These need to be topics that you could support with evidence from the text. It would be good to write a quick description of why you are interested in writing about this.

Ex.: I'm interested in the motif of weaving in the text and how it connects to the women. Since they're often portrayed as weaving physically, I was wondering why. Then, I was thinking about how they often weave schemes mentally too. For example, Penelope tricking the men. Circe using magic to control the women.