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Lesson 6: Viewing Candidate Debates

Watching a debate can help students learn more about the candidates. It also provides an opportunity to explore substance versus style.

Skills

Analyzing Power

Building Media Literacy

Evaluating Sources

Topics

Campaigns and Elections

Democr. Foundations

Learning Tools

Graphic Organizer

Video

Common Core State Standards (CCSS)

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3

Evaluate a speaker’s point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.

College, Career, and Civic Life Framework (C3)

D3.4.9-12.

Refine claims and counterclaims attending to precision, significance, and knowledge conveyed through the claim while pointing out the strengths and limitations of both.

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