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Unit 12 - The great persuaders

Crimes of persuasion looks at how con artists will try to steal your savings and inheritance through fraud and scams.

Top Ten Dot Cons exposes the most popular frauds on the Internet.

What would it be like to work on a TV news programme? Read about the a typical day of someone who works on the Scotland Today programme.

Discuss - Would you like to do this job? What would be the hardest thing about being a journalist/reporter? What have been the big news stories in your town/city? Which newspapers do you read/news programmes do you watch regularly? What do you think of the balance of news stories?

Activity – buy a newpaper and write a short summary about it's design style, the type of news stories, the style and quality of journalism and who buys the newspaper.

Unit 12 - Facts

If you like strange, interesting or funny facts then visit this site. It's full of stories and facts that you can amaze your friends with.

Find out theiInteresting facts about-

1) Mel Blanc - the man who did Bugs Bunny's voice.
2) The words - mouth, silver, purple and orange.
3) The phrase - 'I am'.