No, Pero Why?
Find a case
Marisol reads on the subway, with the city passing outside the window.
Marisol Somewhere between stops.

No, Pero Why?

Hold up. ¿Pero por qué?

Open a story, look at the sources, and decide what you’d say next.

For the questions that follow you out of class.

Something’s not adding up Teaching with this? Start here.

Your way in

What just made you pause?

Pick a situation.
There’s more to the story.

Choose a situation to explore

Sound familiar?

“This clip proves it.”

School policy: context: privacy

The clip ends. The comments don’t.

A seven-second school clip has everyone arguing. Read what the post leaves out before you add your take.

What would you need to see before you reposted it?

Open the phone-clip story

Sound familiar?

“It’s not even sponsored.”

Creator culture: ads: disclosure

Then why is there a discount code?

A creator got the product for free. Compare the post, the brand relationship and the disclosure guidance.

Would that free product change how you read the recommendation?

Follow the creator-code case

Sound familiar?

“They can’t make us do that.”

Student voice: school policy

Okay. Who actually made the rule?

Find the policy behind the argument. Work through a school-speech case and separate what someone said from what the rule says.

Who could explain the rule, and what would you ask them?

Investigate the school-speech case

Want the actual clip, reporting or source? Open the media shelf

Three places to land

Find your people.

The questions grow with you.

Above the bookshop

Class ended. The conversation didn’t.

Gia and Mateo met in a class called Children, Youth, and Digital Culture. They kept talking.

Now the Common Room has friends, neighbors and plenty of people willing to ask one more question. You’ll meet them in the cases.

Come meet the crew Walk around the neighborhood

Open it. Work through it.

A story you can do something with.

Each packet includes a student story, source work and space to make your own response.

  1. 1The Block

    The clip says no exceptions

    One school clip. A claim that goes further than the footage.

    PDF
  2. 2After School

    They said it was not sponsored

    A free product, a code, and a relationship worth knowing about.

    PDF
  3. 3Common Room

    The opportunity has a price

    An internship offer. The costs hiding behind the congratulations.

    PDF

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Bring the question into the room.

Find the reader, student pages, source companion and teaching materials together. The resource library has 18 PDFs across the three student worlds, including the case packets above.

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