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Misleading with Data
Provided by: Skew the Script |Published on: June 5, 2023
Lesson Plans Grades 9-12, ap-college
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
Teaching Materials
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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Skew the Script
Skew The Script provides free, socially relevant math lessons to teachers. Lesson topics include social issues, public health, the environment, business, sports, entertainment, and more. Use our lessons to make math what it already is: relevant.
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