COMPONENT 1, SECTION A EDUQAS GCSE : NEWSPAPERS BREXIT 2021 ONWARDS (REPRESENTATION AND CONTEXTS)

Lesson 5-9: This FIVE lesson resource continues a unit of 16 lessons on ‘The Sun’ and ‘The Guardian’ newspapers and their covergae of Brexit (NEW 2021 ONWARDS SET TEXTS). This lesson focuses on Representation and contexts and covers:

-Media Language starter regarding construction of Media Language during the Covid-19 lockdown.
-Assessing the 5 contexts (CHEPS).
-Representation and mediation.
-Case studies of mediation during lockdown and Brexit.
-Assessment/ quiz on representational key terms.
-Contextualising Leave V Remainers.
-Application and help slide on Hall’s Reception theory.
-Hard v Soft news.
-Page 3 and it’s representation of women. Also a case study on Theresa May and how female politicians are constructed in the media.
-Political leanings/ ideologies of ‘The Sun’ and ‘The Guardian’.
-The 4th and 5th Estate.
-Partisan journalism
-Objective journalism
-Fake news
-Active learning resource where students place a variety of newspapers on the political spectrum.
-Ideological state apparatus.

Exam exemplar questions: Representation

1. (a) Explain how political context affects newspapers. Refer to the front page of The Sun newspaper (12th June 2018) to support your points. [5]
   Question 2(b) is based on the front page of The Sun newspaper (12th June 2018) from the set products and unseen Resource A, the front page of the Daily Mirror newspaper provided on page 7. Study Resource A carefully and use both front pages when answering the question.

(b) Compare the representation of issues in The Sun front page and the Daily Mirror front page. [25]
In your answer, you must consider:
 
-how representations convey particular viewpoints and messages

-how far the representation of issues is similar in the two front pages

-how far the representation of issues is different in the two front pages.

(HELP PROVIDED AND PEER ASSESSMENT).
 
 
IMPORTANT: This resource includes notes at the bottom of select power point slides to aid teachers, links, resource sheets and printable resource slides and a H/W task.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW. Each lesson is laid out as I teach my own class but I have added notes at the bottom of some of the slides e.g. on the Media Teaser, to aide teachers. All lessons are developed with differentiation, assessment/challenge as well as engagement entrenched heavily within all my resources. Moreover, constant reference is made throughout to the selected Examiner Media.

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