Below are instructional tips and ideas relating to the "Democracy's Watchdog" lesson. This page is divided into "Implementation strategies," "Teacher tips" and "Outside links."

Implementation strategies

This lesson works best with students working individually or with a partner. Teachers can also facilitate this lesson as part of a whole-class discussion, including by using one-to-many mode.

For discussing the **watchdog role:

• Classroom discussion prompts:
• Select and share a recent example of investigative reporting

For evaluating the watchdog role:

• Compare and contrast watchdog cases
• Determine what might be done differently today

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Teacher tips - coming soon!

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Outside links

• “Undercover in an Insane Asylum: How a 23-Year-Old Changed Journalism” (Center for Investigative Reporting).
• International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
• Pulitzer Center: Investigative.
• “The Paradise Papers: A Lesson in Investigative Journalism” (Pulitzer Center).
• Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.