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Representations of Asian People in the Media
In this media literacy activity students analyze video clips for messages about media stereotypes and cultural respect of people of Asian descent.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Miles Davis: Inspiration to a Masterpiece
In this media literacy activity students analyze video clips from a feature film and a documentary film for messages about musical inspiration and collaborative creativity.
High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Incan Religion – What Sources Should I Use?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from different media documents – a young adult fiction book, a Wikipedia article, a Twinkl education page, a magazine article, a tourism webpage, a documentary film and an animated children’s film – to assess the credibility and usefulness of each source for research on Incan religion.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Vaccine Nationalism and Global Equity: Who Gets the Shots When?
In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the ethics of global vaccine access.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Ancient Egypt - Ancient Media?
In this media literacy activity students analyze images of things found in ancient Egypt to determine which might be considered media and to explore how the cultural characteristics of places change over time.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Mr. Rogers: What Do We Do When Our Feelings Are Hurt?
In this media literacy activity students analyze clips from a documentary film and a feature film about Mr. Rogers for messages about storytelling in film and about how to deal with difficult feelings.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
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Storming the Capitol: Front Page Constructions
In this media literacy activity students analyze newspaper front pages for messages about media representation of the storming of the Capitol.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Race and Perspective: Contrasting the Police Response to the Capitol Insurrection and Black Lives Matter Protests in TV and Print
In this media literacy activity students compare two opinion pieces, a TV news commentary and a print article, about the police response to Black Lives Matter protests and to the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 for messages about media construction and how our identity influences our views.
High School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Why to War? How to Peace?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to compare songwriters' techniques in crafting songs of peace.
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Unit: Peace IntroductionKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
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Doing Family Time
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on the impact of imprisonment on prisoners and on the family members of prisoners.
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Unit: Prison JusticeKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Challenging Homophobia
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on messages about gay liberation and resistance to homophobia.
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Unit: Gay LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Workers Unite!
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to compare songs with messages about worker organizing.
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:
Unit: Early Labor MovementKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
We Will Be Heard
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from songs about women's suffrage to analyze the use of stereotyping in songwriting.
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Unit: Women's SuffrageKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Naming Oppression
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on messages about women's resistance to oppression.
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Unit: Women's LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Family Planning: Why it Matters
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze three short video clips for messages about the needs for and impacts of family planning.
High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico: Whose Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two films for conflicting messages about the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Two Views of an Insurrection: January 6, 2021
In this media literacy activity students analyze the choices made in constructing two news reports on the January 6, 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol and how we interpret the bias of each.
High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Healthy Food: Who’s Telling Me What I Should Eat?
This media literacy activity was created to integrate the teaching of English language instruction with media literacy for educators in Panama. 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
Money is Not the Same Everywhere: Techniques of Communication
This media literacy activity was created to integrate the teaching of English language instruction with media literacy for educators in Panama. 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
Panama’s Ethnic Groups- Who Tells Their Story?
This media literacy activity was created to integrate the teaching of English language instruction with media literacy for educators in Panama. 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