Misleading with Data
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Provided by: Skew the Script|Published on: June 5, 2023
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1112AP
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Synopsis
- This lesson plan is useful for teaching students about how data is presented visually, how it can be distorted, and some examples of where data distortion is prevalent.
- This lesson is suggested for a flipped classroom model and comes with a video, worksheet, reflection questions, slide deck, textbook and AP connections, teacher's guide, and data set.
Subjects: Science, Mathematics
Authors: Skew the Script
Region: Global
Languages: English
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Positives
- This lesson plan uses relevant, real-life examples in order to make important points.
- This lesson plan has a good balance of teacher-centered and student-centered learning.
Additional Prerequisites
- Teachers and students may create a free account for unlimited access to the materials.
- The slides used in the video can be found in the slide deck.
Differentiation
- This lesson plan could supplement a social studies classroom discussion about misinformation that uses misleading charts.
- This lesson plan could enhance a broader classroom discussion on propaganda, misinformation, and tactics used to distort facts.
- For the open-ended questions in this lesson plan, it may be wise to go over them as a class in order to analyze comprehension and address misconceptions.
- Student data from the reflection questions can be used for targeted reteaching of key concepts.
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