The purpose of the thesis project is to investigate if social studies in grade F-3 is taught by

way of textbooks. The secondary aim is to learn if, and in what way, teachers include news

media in their teaching, and what knowledge and skills can be developed by the students by

doing so? Research shows that news media is included in social studies education in order to

achieve knowledge goals. On the other hand, there is no research that highlights the inclusion

of news media at lower grades. This created questions and raised considerations for me. These

questions and considerations are the basis for this thesis work.

The research for this thesis project was carried out using qualitive interviews of teachers. Four

respondents from four different schools participated in the survey. In the analysis, it became

clear that the teachers use news media for different purposes in their teaching. It also emerged

that the pupils develop diverse knowledge and skills when they learn from news media during

the teaching. The teachers also perceive that teaching using the teaching aids, such as textbooks,

that already exist at the schools is seen as outdated. The teachers believe that current

developments in society limit the existing teaching aids preventing the students from achieving

deeper knowledge.