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High School Social Studies: Soviet History-Posters
Related to kit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Soviet History Through Posters. Students are led through a decoding of five Soviet government posters from 1918 to 1988, where they apply historical knowledge while practicing media literacy skills.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Lesson Elements
Social Studies
High School
College
Selection of Media Documents
The Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Online Guide consists of a series of pull-down menus and embedded links to specific examples from existing Project Look Sharp curriculum kits and lessons, particularly those designed for community groups and broad audiences, such as the sustainability curriculum kits. These suggestions on the topic of Selection of Media Documents include sections on: selecting media formats, searching for media documents, addressing copyright issues, seeking diverse representations, tracing media sources, teaching rigorous independent and reflective thought, and do no harm.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Fair Use Copyright Law
Reflecting Diversity
Do No Harm
Document Selection
Question Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
(Not So) Unprecedented Media Analysis of the 2016 Presidential Race and Its Historical Precedents
This article helps teachers to understand how to use media documents from the 2016 presidential race (as well as past campaigns) to critically analyze media messages to teach objectives from the new NCSS C3 Framework for the Social Studies and the Common Core ELA standards for secondary social studies. When students examine election posters, cartoons, and ads they will comprehend that many themes--including xenophobia, income inequality, and women's political power--have been historical mainstays on the campaign trail.
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Critical Thinking And The News
Social Studies
High School
12 Basic Ways to Integrate Media Literacy and Critical Thinking into Any Curriculum
This booklet is designed for teachers and support staff at all grade levels who are interested in using media literacy in their classroom curriculum. The approaches are based on the concept of weaving media literacy training into the curriculum whenever and wherever possible throughout the school year. Routine integration is much more effective than simply treating media literacy as a special, isolated topic and may better meet the needs of teachers who are already at capacity with the demands of a full curriculum.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
6 Key Concepts in Media Analysis
Key concepts to be aware of to practice critical thinking when evaluating media messages.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
A Deeper Sense of Literacy
Related to kit: Media Constructions of War: A Critical Reading of History
Basic principles and best practices for using a curriculum-driven approach are described, with specific examples from social studies, English/Language arts, math, science, health, and art, along with methods of assessment used to address effectiveness in the classroom. By Cyndy Scheibe, American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48 No. 1, September 2004.
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Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Question Design
Lesson Conception
Social Studies
English Language Arts
An Assessment of Student Critical Thinking Skills
This describes a high school level assessment of media literacy and metacognitive skills in which students examine a YouTube video, excerpts from an opinion article, and a webpage screenshot about GMOs and answer questions about media messages, authorship, purpose, bias, credibility and how the students’ own biases impact their analysis.
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Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Document Selection
Question Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
Briefing: Project Look Sharp's Decoding Media Constructions and Sustainability
Antonio Lopez, in his coda to Greening Media Education, summarizes the complex set of skills needed “to bring ecologically oriented cultural practice into the realm of media education (which) promotes systems thinking, collaborative learning, critical thinking, lifelong learning and digital media literacy.” This article offers cases studies of two Look Sharp lessons, one for elementary age students and another for upper level high school, each of which was designed with these skills in mind as a way to bring Lopez’s vision into practice in the classroom.
Checking the Facts: Media Literacy and Democracy
By integrating the process of critical questioning of media messages into the everyday classroom curriculum, we can help produce a citizenry with the skills needed to negotiate future threats to truth.
College Level: 2008 Election Magazine Covers
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns. Students in this video decode various magazine covers portraying Barack Obama during the 2008 election.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Critical Thinking And The News
Social Studies
English Language Arts
High School
College
College Level: Decoding "Last Words" by Nas
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Media Construction of Social Justice. Students in this video decode the rap song "Last Words" by Nas to gain insight about prison life and the greater justice system.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
English Language Arts
College
College Level: Farming, Community and Sustainability
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Media Construction of Sustainability. Students in this video examine clips from a film and a commercial to decode farming in the US.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Science And Environment
College
College Level: Hydrofracking, Media and Credibility
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
This 9 minute annotated video demonstrates constructivist media decoding using the lesson "Exploring the Impact of Hydrofracking on Aquifers," where college students analyze pro and anti-fracking diagrams.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Document Selection
Question Design
Social Studies
Science And Environment
College
Constructivist Media Decoding in the Social Studies: Leveraging the New Standards for Educational Change
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
This article explores the role that media analysis can play on educational reform tied to the new NCSS C3 Framework for the Social Studies and the Common Core ELA standards for secondary social studies. It uses examples from media decoding activities on the Project Look Sharp website tied to specific standards. It also explores professional development tools that support methodological shifts towards inquiry and assessments of critical thinking skills. By Chris Sperry, The Journal of Media Literacy, Vol. 62, pg. 46-54, 2015.
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Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Do No Harm
Question Design
Social Studies
High School
Consulting
Project Looksharp personnel are available for coaching and consulting about media literacy in K-12 and teacher education, including ways to integrate media literacy into an existing curriculum, use media literacy with particular student populations (e.g., English as a second langauge or at-risk students), or build media literacy offerings into staff development within a school district.
Credibility, Information and Science
Designed for secondary science and environmental studies teachers, this 2 hour to full day workshop will explore the role of the internet and other media on our students understanding of information.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Science And Environment
High School
Critical Thinking & the News
Democracy requires an educated and literate citizenship. This 2-hour workshop provides guidelines and strategies for training our students to consistently assess the credibility, accuracy, and bias of various news sources.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Social Studies
Critical Thinking and Health: Media Literacy Lessons for Elementary Grades
Related to kit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
This webinar offers pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials to help young children understand biases and misleading messages found in food advertising and toy commercials aimed at them, including cereal ads and advertising for foods and beverages that imply they have a lot of fruit in them. Part of the webinar specifically focuses on gender techniques and gender stereotyping in toy commercials.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Lesson Elements
Health
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: Choosing a Just Right Book
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth from East Syracuse, NY, leads her first graders through analyzing different book covers and text [and drawing their own conclusions about the appropriateness of the book as an independent reading choice] - using our lesson, How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: Gender Stereotypes and Google Algorithms
Middle School teacher, Mary Kate Longeran, uses the Project Look Sharp lesson “Google Image Searches: Do they Promote or Counter Stereotypes?” to lead her students through an analysis of stereotypes and algorithmic bias. (Total Time: 6:10) Published 2023
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Middle School
High School