3.17 Pick Your Topic
A. Pick Your Take Action Topic
Now it’s time to pick your topic for your Take Action Project – writing and producing a news story. News stories are all about the facts. Reporters try not to share their opinions, but reporters do decide what stories to tell. They can choose to report a positive story or a negative story.
In your Mission Log, pick your topic for your take action project.
- Video Games Are Good: If you think we should play more video games because they help people, you should create a news story about the positive impact of games.
- Video Games Are Negative: If you think we should play fewer video games because they have a negative impact on people, you should create a news story about the negative impact of games.
Here are a few ideas to get you thinking! You can pick one of these or any other topic you want. You can also do your own research about a topic you want to write a news story about. Maybe you want to write about a game you love or an event in your community
Positive Impact Stories
- Impact of games on people
- How games build skills in kids that help them learn
- How games help people connect and spend time with others
- How games help kids with cancer recover and take their medicines
- How games help kids with ADHD
Negative Impact Stories
- How games make us play too much
- How games can take time away from friends or family
- How games can impact our mood
- How games can cause people to lose sleep or spend too much money.