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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.
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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
To Smoke or Not to Smoke?: Advertising & Persuasion
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 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
Who’s Selling Me on this Sport?: Identifying Target Audience
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 social media posts for messages about different types of sports in Panama.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Human Rights in Panama: What’s the 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 news reports and social media for messages about human rights in Panama.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Panamanian Family Values – According to Whom?
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 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
Clickbait – Can You Spot It?
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 webpages to identify clickbait strategies.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Panamanian Fauna: Who’s Telling the Story and Why?
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 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
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
Online Scams– Will You Fall for It?
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 web notices to identify different types of online scams.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Bottled Water?
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 watch short video clips with English narration and text to analyze authorship, purpose and target audience and to discuss environmental issues related to bottled water.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Huracán María: El Impacto de la Inmigración Puertorriqueña en Florida
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity for Spanish language classes in which students analyze three short excerpts of online newspaper articles about the economic impacts on Florida resulting from the influx of Puerto Rican climate refugees following Hurricane Maria. The student handouts are in Spanish language only, while the Teacher Guide is provided in both English and Spanish.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Arguing For Freedom
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the movement to abolish slavery in the United States in the early and mid-19th century.
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Unit: Abolition of SlaveryKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
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YouTube Recommendations: What Do I Do?
In this media literacy activity students analyze results from a YouTube recommendations list for messages about how to select videos based on the likelihood of their offering credible information.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Individual, Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members)
15-30 Minutes
Bob Dylan: Storytelling for Social Justice
In this media literacy activity students analyze video clips from feature film and documentary film for messages about songwriting and social protest.
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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English Language Arts
Middle School
High 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.
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: 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
Seeing Body Image Through Instagram Filters
in this media literacy activity students analyze a residential treatment center blog post, an opinion piece in college newspaper and an international newspaper story for messages about the impact of Instagram filters on social media users.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Vaccinations – What Role Does Social Media Play in Informing the Public?
In this media literacy activity students analyze an article from an anti-vaccination Facebook page, a public radio podcast and an international newspaper for messages about the role of social media in promoting public health as regards vaccines and immunization.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
What’s in My Lunchbox?
In this media literacy activity students analyze a book cover, a lunchbox, a YouTube screen grab and a webpage for messages about eating fruits and vegetables.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Migrants Wait in Mexico – Whose Problems Do We See?
In this media literacy activity students analyze Spanish language news articles from Mexican newspapers for messages about migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.
High School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Thanksgiving: Who’s Telling the Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the meanings and impacts of the stories surrounding Thanksgiving.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Google Image Searches – Do They Promote or Counter Stereotypes?
In this media literacy activity students analyze image search screen shots for messages about how gender stereotypes are promoted or countered in Google searches.
Middle School, High School
Whole Class
Under 15 Minutes
The Physics of Star Wars: Can the Millennium Falcon Make Light Speed?
In this media literacy activity students analyze web videos exploring the science of Star Wars movies for messages about what it would take for humans to travel at the speed of light.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving: Whose Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from children’s books for differing perspectives and messages about the history of Squanto’s role in the first thanksgiving feast.
Upper Elementary
Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes