Are you concerned about distorted and inaccurate views about Israel and the Middle East? Do you wish there was some easy way to help your students develop the critical faculties they need to process and assess what they see, read and hear about controversial topics in the mainstream media? 

A solution is at hand in the form of Eyes on Israel, a dynamic, modular curriculum that will help you and your students tackle tough subjects and understand how they are mediated and often misrepresented by reporters, electronic journalists and even popular cultural figures.

For thirty years, CAMERA (the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) has been at the forefront of examining, and alerting others to, the role of the media in covering the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Recognizing the media's role in shaping the public's perception of events, CAMERA developed Eyes on Israel in 2007 to help today's youth as they struggle with reconciling perceptions with fact.  

Eyes on Israel Online is CAMERA's undertaking to ensure that Eyes on Israel continues to be relevant and accessible in a rapidly changing world. Although the core Eyes curriculum CD remains a valid and valuable examination of the central issues in media literacy, new events have transpired that need to be addressed. Eyes on Israel Online offers updates, revisions, and new curricular material, based on user suggestions and our own assessments. New media examples offer a sense of immediacy to keep students engaged and absorbed.

Eyes on Israel Online is also be a permanent home for the email updates that CAMERA sends out periodically linking the lesson plans already on the CD with new articles and insights available on CAMERA's main Web site and blog. Finally, the Teachers' Forum serves as a place for educators to offer ideas and suggestions on how they use Eyes on Israel in their own classes and as a place to share with a wider audience student projects, letters-to-the-editor and feature articles which Eyes encourages.

Last Updated (Sunday, 05 February 2012 15:08)

 

 Founded in 1982, CAMERA  (the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America) is a media-monitoring, research and membership organization devoted to promoting accurate and balanced coverage of Israel and the Middle East. CAMERA fosters rigorous reporting, while educating news consumers about Middle East issues and the role of the media. Because public opinion ultimately shapes public policy, distorted news coverage that misleads the public can be detrimental to sound policymaking. A non-partisan organization, CAMERA takes no position with regard to American or Israeli political issues or with regard to ultimate solutions to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Last Updated (Tuesday, 31 January 2012 16:47)

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