{"product_id":"water-check-classroom-kit-level-one","title":"Run the WATER Check: Classroom Kit, Level One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFive periods. One routine. No expiration date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost media literacy units age out in a year, because they are built on the examples that were circulating when somebody wrote them. This one is built on the routine instead. You bring the content your students are actually arguing about this week. The five steps do not change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eW\u003c\/strong\u003e Wait. \u003cstrong\u003eA\u003c\/strong\u003e Ask. \u003cstrong\u003eT\u003c\/strong\u003e Trace. \u003cstrong\u003eE\u003c\/strong\u003e Examine. \u003cstrong\u003eR\u003c\/strong\u003e Respond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you get\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTeacher Guide, 8 pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e Unit overview, five lesson plans with minute by minute timing, and the teacher moves that make each lesson work. Including the ones that keep it from turning into \"you can't trust anything.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStudent Handouts, 7 pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e One per lesson, plus a wall poster and a sheet of pocket cards. Prints in black and white. Works without devices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAssessment Pack, 6 pages.\u003c\/strong\u003e A single point rubric, the WATER Defense performance task, and a teacher key that scores the reasoning rather than the verdict. Plus the four arguments your students will make and what to do with each one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSlide Deck, 17 slides.\u003c\/strong\u003e Editable PowerPoint. Change it, cut it, put your own examples in it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWho this is for\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalism, ELA, social studies, library, and anyone who teaches an advisory period and is tired of the canned character education slides. Written for grades 7 through 12. The lessons work with no novel, no textbook, and no subscription.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThree ways to run it\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne week of consecutive periods. One period a week for five weeks. Or Lesson 1 in full and then the Trace Race as a twenty minute bell ringer whenever something blows up online.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat third option is what most teachers actually do, and the kit is built to survive it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat it is not\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is not a fact checking curriculum, and it will not tell your students which sources to trust. The target is calibrated trust: a student who can say how sure she is, why, and what would change her mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA student who leaves believing nothing has not learned to think. He has learned to shrug.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWritten by a teacher who is still in the room\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEric Jourgensen, Ed.D., has taught high school journalism since 2002 and advises about 180 student journalists. Before the classroom he wrote for MTV News, which mostly taught him how fast a story falls apart when nobody checks it. He built the WATER Check because his students kept asking a question he could not answer in one sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eLicensing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSingle teacher.\u003c\/strong\u003e One teacher, their own students, print as many handouts as your classes need.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDepartment.\u003c\/strong\u003e Up to 10 teachers in one building.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSchool site.\u003c\/strong\u003e Every teacher in one school, one year.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInstant download.\u003c\/strong\u003e One zip with all four documents, delivered the moment you check out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant a half day that trains your whole department to run this? Booking at ericjourgensen.com\/speaking.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jourgensen Media","offers":[{"title":"Single teacher","offer_id":45887866208365,"sku":"WATER-KIT-L1-TEACHER","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Department, up to 10 teachers","offer_id":45887866241133,"sku":"WATER-KIT-L1-DEPT","price":149.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"School site, one year","offer_id":45887866273901,"sku":"WATER-KIT-L1-SITE","price":399.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7888\/8813\/files\/water-kit-image-1-poster.jpg?v=1789698181","url":"https:\/\/shop.ericjourgensen.com\/products\/water-check-classroom-kit-level-one","provider":"Jourgensen Media","version":"1.0","type":"link"}