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"The curriculum is broken into six sections: historical perspective social media writing process engagement social media writing structure media analysis law/ethics Even though technology is constantly advancing, I believe these sections can be adapted for any type of technology or new social media network that will be developed."

Developed in collaboration with the Newspaper Association of America, Messages & Meanings is a collection of curriculum activities for analyzing print and electronic media. This resource includes instructional activities for strengthening access, analysis, evaluation and communication skills, as well as evaluating new technologies like internet web pages.

"The NLP classroom program is designed to give teachers and students a concise and comprehensive survey of news literacy. Though it is typically taught as a drop-in unit over the course of two or three weeks in the classroom, it may be integrated over longer time periods. The unit has three main phases: Teacher-led lessons from NLP's original curriculum, lessons taught by NLP journalist volunteers in person or remotely via Skype and a final student project that builds and reflects understanding of NLP's core concepts."