1. Respond to one of the following Essential Questions with a blog entry.

• How do I investigate and discover meaning in all information I am exposed to everyday?

  In this 21st century, possibilities for receiving information are many. Consider where and how you receive information in your daily routine. How is meaning created in text? What factors make you think about what you choose to believe or disbelieve? Is determining fact from fiction always straightforward? How do you make decisions about information every day?
  
  

• What are the dangers of bias?

  To be biased or show bias is to have unfair opinions for or against someone or something. This means having a viewpoint that is not based on truth. Where do you see bias most often in your daily life? What does bias tell you about the intentions of media? Do you think accuracy in text or media is optional? Why might this be?
   
  

2.  Save your polished work as 4_6_essential_question and submit it for assessment.

• worksheet (Word)
• worksheet (PDF)
• worksheet (Google Doc)

1. Explore and reflect on the question, taking into consideration what you know about life, your experiences, and the knowledge you gained in the course (concepts, ideas, or perspectives gained from the texts or lessons).

2. Read at least one of the following texts to provoke your thinking about the question:

• “Designer Teens”, newspaper article by Ian Haysom, Between the Lines 11, page 302
• “News”, poem by George Bowering, Between the Lines 11, page 197
• 1 to 3 entries of the “What’s the Deal” blog from National Youth Services Canada
• “Online Youth Need Critical Thinking Skills”, opinion article by Larry Magid

3. View Simon’s 4.6 Essential Question blog to a different question and his teacher’s comments.