Politics

This worksheet aims to teach students how to actively monitor their own reading comprehension using structured self-check strategies Content and methods: The worksheet introduces two self-monitoring tools through informational texts about caring for the planet. First, students apply the "Traffic Light Check" by moving a paper clip across colored indicators to rate their paragraph-by-paragraph understanding and identify comprehension breakdowns. Second, they use the "3-2-1 Quick Check" to extract three facts, formulate two open questions, and summarize the central idea in one sentence, followed by a peer discussion and a plenary question round. Competencies: Reading comprehension and metacognitive self-monitoring Information extraction and summarization Question formulation and inquiry skills Collaborative peer exchange and communication Target group: Grade 5 and above Note: Each student will need a piece of paper and a paper clip to complete the activity. The progress checks should be completed on paper, not digitally.

Learning Objectives The overarching learning objective is to develop students’ awareness and mastery of the characteristics of academic and subject-specific language, as well as to strengthen their ability to transform language. Students should learn to analyse typical features of academic texts (technical terminology, passive voice, and nominal style) according to defined criteria, reflect on their functional effects in terms of objectivity and how they guide the reader, and purposefully translate dense, nominalised academic language into clear, accessible verbal style using active voice. Content and Methods The worksheet introduces the key characteristics of academic non-fiction texts (technical terminology, passive voice, and nominal style) and combines text analysis with practical language exercises. Working with a subject-specific text, students first compile a glossary of technical terms with context-based definitions and distinguish between passive constructions and nominal style using a two-colour highlighting technique. Building on this, they conduct a functional stylistic analysis to examine the intended effects of linguistic density and the author’s conveyed stance towards the subject matter. The worksheet concludes with an active language transformation task in which students rewrite a highly nominalised example sentence that omits the agent, turning it into dynamic active-voice sentences. This involves breaking down complex verb-noun constructions and explicitly introducing the actors performing the actions. Competencies Linguistic and grammatical analysis: Confidently identifying and clarifying technical terminology, as well as recognising syntactic forms of linguistic compression (nominal style and passive constructions). Functional and stylistic judgement: Reflecting on the rhetorical effects and functions of linguistic distance, objectivity, and impersonal presentation in academic texts. Language transformation: Purposefully translating complex, agentless nominal constructions into clear, action-oriented active sentences using verbal style. Lexical comprehension: Deriving the meaning of unfamiliar or highly specialised technical terms from context and formulating concise definitions (glossary work). Target Group and Level Upper secondary school (advanced level).

This worksheet aims to raise students' awareness of hidden advertising and sponsored content across social media platforms, equipping them to critically evaluate disclosure labels and understand the commercial mechanisms behind creator brand partnerships. Content and methods: The worksheet introduces covert advertising through a true/false warm-up and key vocabulary definitions (such as affiliate links, discount codes, and PR packages). Using a signal checklist, students independently analyze and categorize six real-world social media case studies, comparing their findings in pairs ("Ad Detective"). They then evaluate disclosure transparency using the "Label Test" and rewrite non-compliant posts to ensure transparent disclosure. A final challenge question prompts students to reflect on why commercial brands often prefer covert marketing strategies. Competencies: Identifying and distinguishing between overt, hidden, and non-commercial social media content Criteria-based media analysis using visual signals, hashtags, and disclosure placement Critical evaluation of promotional transparency and legal disclosure standards Practical writing and communication skills by redrafting posts with compliant disclosures Collaborative reasoning and debate through partner discussion Target group: Middle School

This worksheet aims to raise students’ awareness of the mechanisms, economic dimensions, and psychological strategies of modern digital marketing in everyday life. Content and Methods: The material focuses on the economic significance of social media marketing based on statistical data, as well as the analysis of specific digital posts. Methodologically, the worksheet relies on a combination of practical case studies—in which an exemplary social media post is deconstructed both textually and statistically—and theoretical insights into behavioral economic effects. In addition, the material encourages multi-perspective discussion through reflective writing assignments and the comparison of contrasting stakeholder perspectives. Finally, the discussion of complex issues is used to synthesize what has been learned into the formation of independent judgments. Competencies: Analytical and Deconstructive Competence: The ability to systematically examine media content and linguistic and statistical devices for their manipulative or promotional effects Reflective and Critical Thinking Competence: The ability to critically examine one’s own consumer behavior and evaluate economic phenomena from different perspectives Media and Economic Competence: Understanding of digital market mechanisms, psychological influence strategies such as the authority bias or the bandwagon effect, and their impact on the economy Target Audience and Level: 9th/10th grade