First Flight or Fake News?Lesson plan
Does the news media impact our view of current events and is it our responsibility as citizens to look for accurate and reliable information? Objective The student will be able to: • Compare 2 texts about the same event and identify discrepancies. • Understand that inaccuracies in reporting may be due to bias, ignorance, absence or other factors. Background Wilbur and Orville strode into the Kitty Hawk Weather Bureau on the afternoon of December 17, 1903 and asked to use their telegraph to inform their family in Dayton, Ohio of their successful flight. The telegraph operator, John Dosher, sent Duration: 60 Minutes.