G3 G4 EOY Review 1

What are the 5 Steps to Evaluating Media?

• • Ask yourself the following questions:

  • What is the purpose?

  • Who is the source?

  • Is there bias?

  • What is the context?

  • Is this accurate?

• Ask yourself the following questions:

  What is the weather?

  Who is the current President?

  Is there a floatie?

  What is the area?

  Is this fun?

What is the purpose of media?

• To persuade, inform and entertain

• To confuse, frustrate you and cause boredom

You see an add in the paper and there are three cute dogs with Adopt Me signs on them. What is the purpose of the image?

• To persuade you adopt dogs.

• To entertain you.

You open a book and see a map of the United States with a lot of data around it. What is the purpose of this image?

• To inform you about the United States.

• To offer you a coloring page.

The movie Dispicable Me is made to _____.

Unintended consequences are the unforeseen and often unexpected outcomes of an action.

• True

• False

What predictions can be made about the consequences of drinking soda instead of water?

• Dehydration

• Messing up your teeth

• damaging your stomach

• All of the above

Is it a logical reaction or an emotional reaction to drink soda instead of water?

• Emotional, you are going based on want.

• Logical, you are going based on predicting consequences.

_____ help us understand new or challenging ideas by connecting them to things we already know.

The 3 Ways to Collect Data Are:

• Surveys, Observation, and Interviews

• Buckets, Pots, and Drains