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Online Scams– Will You Fall for It?
In this media literacy activity students analyze web notices to identify different types of online scams.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Practicing Respect on Public Transportation
In this media literacy activity students analyze short video clips for messages about respect on public transportation.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Panamanian Fauna: Who’s Telling the Story and Why?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos about Panama’s native animals for messages about species conservation and the source and purpose of each video.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Clickbait – Can You Spot It?
In this media literacy activity students analyze webpages to identify clickbait strategies.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Panamanian Family Values – According to Whom?
In this media literacy activity students analyze images and text in webpages for messages about family values in Panama and about the source, purpose and credibility of websites.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Human Rights in Panama: What’s the Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze news reports and social media for messages about human rights in Panama.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Panama’s Ethnic Groups- Who Tells Their Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze websites for messages about Panama’s Indigenous people and about how to judge the credibility of media messages.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Who’s Selling Me on this Sport?: Identifying Target Audience
In this media literacy activity students analyze social media posts for messages about different types of sports in Panama.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
To Smoke or Not to Smoke?: Advertising & Persuasion
In this media literacy activity students analyze a poster from the 1970s and a webpage and product packaging from the 2010s for messages about smoking.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Money is Not the Same Everywhere: Techniques of Communication
In this media literacy activity students analyze currencies from Panama and the United States for messages about techniques of construction and historical context.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Healthy Food: Who’s Telling Me What I Should Eat?
In this media literacy activity students analyze media messages from Panamanian health & nutrition organizations for messages about good nutrition.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
RX For an Infodemic: Media Decoding, COVID-19, and Online Teaching
After describing the historical, political and social causes of our viral age of “fake news,” this article explore how constructivist media decoding provides a methodology for addressing the polarization of truth, with examples of how this work can be done in the classroom through face-to-face and virtual learning.
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Middle School
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When to Call a Lie a lie – Media’s Responsibility to Hold Politicians Accountable
In this media literacy activity students analyze an article and a video news commentary from liberal and conservative media sources for messages about how the media responds to lies told by President Trump.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
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Media, Politics and the Supreme Court
In this media literacy activity students analyze newspaper articles about the Supreme Court confirmation process for Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 1993 and for Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 for messages about how political decisions influencing Supreme Court confirmation processes have changed with different historical contexts.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
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2016 Addressing National Security
Media literacy and critical thinking activity decoding campaign ads from the Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump campaigns for message, point of view, purpose and values.
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Playlist: 2016 Presidential Campaign & The Trump PresidencyHigh School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Representations of Enslavement in South Carolina – Context is Everything
In this media literacy activity students analyze primary and secondary texts from the 19th, 20th & 21st century for messages about African slavery in South Carolina.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
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. .
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Slavery in the 21st Century: What Can We Do?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos about modern day slave trafficking for messages about causes and solutions.
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Social Media and Elections: What’s the Connection?
In this media literacy activity students analyze online charts and text for messages about the impact of social media on U.S. elections and political discourse.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Cyberbullying: How It Hurts & How to Help
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos made for students for messages about the effects and remedies for cyber-bullying.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes