Discuss with students the role of a reporter in communicating the news, and how a reporter’s point of view will affect how any news story is reported. Come together as a class and review the events at the end of The Cat at the Wall as they unfolded, from the home invasion by the soldiers to the peaceful end of the riot. How might those events look from different perspectives? Next, ask students to imagine that they are reporters in the Middle East and they have been assigned to write a story about these events. What is their point of view for reporting this story — Israeli, Palestinian or some other perspective? Working independently, have each student write an article describing what happened. Come together as a class and share what they have written. What is the most common point of view selected? What is the most uncommon? How does the perspective influence the story?
