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First Contact: Who’s Telling the Story?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two paintings about first contact between Native Americans and Spanish conquistadors for messages about historical context and point of view. .
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Elementary Level: First Contact Between Europeans and Native Americans
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using our lesson, First Contact. Students in this video decode two opposing paintings to understand how Europeans impacted Native American life.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Proclamation of 1763
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about Native American and colonial perspectives on the Proclamation of 1763.
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Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
How Women Got the Vote: Different Authors, Different Stories
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two children’s history books for messages about the fight for women’s right to vote.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Tarred and Feathered
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about the impact of the Stamp Act on the American colonists.
This resource is part of the following contextual materials. Resources can be explored on their own but are most useful for teachers when downloaded as part of their parent content. Click on the links below to see this Resource in context:
Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Elementary Level: Decoding Money
Related to kit: Introducing Africa: Critical Thinking and Media Literacy
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Introducing Africa. Students in this video compare two African currencies to the U.S. Dollar to gain insight about cultural differences.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Harriet Tubman Seizes Freedom – Many Stories
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from children’s books for messages about Harriet Tubman, enslavement and the Underground Railroad.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Phillis Wheatley's Poem
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a poem about freedom and slavery during the American Revolution.
This resource is part of the following contextual materials. Resources can be explored on their own but are most useful for teachers when downloaded as part of their parent content. Click on the links below to see this Resource in context:
Playlist: English Language ArtsKit: Causes of the American Revolution
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
The Intolerable Acts
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about political cartoons and the Intolerable Acts.
This resource is part of the following contextual materials. Resources can be explored on their own but are most useful for teachers when downloaded as part of their parent content. Click on the links below to see this Resource in context:
Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
The Rebels
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about Loyalist perspectives during the American Revolution.
This resource is part of the following contextual materials. Resources can be explored on their own but are most useful for teachers when downloaded as part of their parent content. Click on the links below to see this Resource in context:
Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes