Problem-Base
Learning Project
This problem-based learning activity is designed for Journalism I students. The lesson will be the first part of a unit of First Amendments rights, student press law and ethics.
The Problem
Bill Daly is a senior at USA High School. He is the editor of the student newspaper. One of his reporters just came to him with a story about drugs at USA High School. In the story, the reporter implicates several students of drug trafficking and even a parent of a student for supplying illegal drugs for sale. The reporter has four collaborating sources, but they are anonymous. Bill is on a deadline and has to decide if he should print the story.
He has seven days to decide what to do.