Below is a list of existing lessons in the JEA curriculum that curriculum leaders have identified as appropriate for middle school students, with notes from curriculum leaders about any minimal adaptations.
Design
Dissecting Design
Digging Into Typography
Notes: Pare down PPT
Understanding Color Day 1
Understanding Color Day 2
Notes: Use Google Slides/PPT instead of Indesign
Principles of Design Basics
Notes: Spread out over 2 days
Putting the Puzzle Together
Notes: Spread out over 2 or 3 days
Typical Type
Notes: Introduce concepts first, and then follow with activity the next day
Be a Little More Negative
Notes: Pare down activity to fit in one day or spread out over two days
Editing
Active and Passive Voice
Law and Ethics
Overview of the First Amendment
Researching About Court Cases Important to Student Journalists
Notes: Spread lesson over two-three days
Examining States’ Student Free Expression Status
News Literacy
Understanding News Literacy
Evaluating Your Media Savvy
Notes: Pairs with “Understanding News Literacy” Lesson above
News Writing
News Defined-What is News?
News Writing Structure
Notes: Pare down the slideshow
Comparing Print and Online Journalism
Notes: Make this a two-day lesson
Photography
What Makes a Photo Powerful
Social Media + Photography
Notes: Spread out over two days
Capture the Moment
Notes: Use second differentiation already in lesson
How Do I….?
Notes: Consider showing pictures of the settings
Sports Photos
Notes: Spread over two days and consider using phone cameras
Lighting
Notes: Spread over two days
Aspects of Exposure
Notes: Pare down the presentations to simplify and take less time