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Oil Spills: What's the Problem?



Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing newspaper headlines, web pages and videos to discern messages about how oil spills impact human and natural populations.



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Unit: Natural Resources
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

Upper Elementary

Media Type(s)

Documentary Film, News - Print, Webpage, Web Video

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

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Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Speaking and Listening (SL), Writing (W)