Students will understand and apply the principles and laws of freedom of speech and press. | Practices message construction with guidance from others. | Sorts information, inventories traditions and practices, recognizes the significance of targets, | Arranges components in appropriate style, brings together a variety of viewpoints, and diagnoses problems in ones own work. | Formulates a complete message without assistance, argues in support of the message using a variety of sources from the synthesized materials, gives reasons why messages address audiences in the way they do. |
Think critically, creatively and independently. | Restates general practices of the field. | Sorts a variety of positions presented and identifies sources of support for those arguments. | Constructs messages that accurately reiterate viable arguments and that present fresh perspectives. | Argues effectively in support of positions taken relying on a variety of sources without guidance. |