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Kamala Harris & Donald Trump Video Biographies
Students analyze Donald Trump and Kamala Harris film biographies for messages about presidential leadership, media creation, and how political bias shapes media interpretation.
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
To Break the Glass Ceiling: Analyzing Campaign Ads by Women Running for President
Students analyze political campaign ads for messages about female presidential candidates, historical and cultural context, and techniques of persuasion.
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Good Data - Bad Feelings: Graphing Economics, Public Opinion and Media Coverage
Students analyze graphs and media analysis for messages about the relationship between media reporting on the economy and public opinion.
High School, College
Over 60 Minutes
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, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Congressional Blog Posting on Immigration Reform
Students analyze a 2009 Congressional blog post for messages about immigration reform and about target audience. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
1944 Dewey Response to "Fala Speech"
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing the text of as speech from the 1944 Thomas Dewey campaign for messages about political attacks and speech-making techniques.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
2016 Balancing Facebook Viewpoints
Media literacy and critical thinking activity decoding Blue Feed/Red Feed posts about the outcome of the 2016 election for sources, bias and interpretation.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
2016 Explaining the Result
Media literacy and critical thinking activity decoding TV news clips explaining the outcome of the 2016 election for point of view, credibility and interpretation.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
2016 Meaning in Memes
Media literacy and critical thinking activity decoding memes about the 2016 election for the impact of social media forms and interpretation.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Confirmation Bias, Coronavirus and the 2020 Presidential Campaign
In this media literacy activity students analyze the credibility of a controversial pro-Biden political ad attacking President Trump on his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a tweet in response by Trump War Room, and an article from the fact-checking website Politifact about the controversy. Students then analyze their own confirmation bias as they reflect on how they evaluate the credibility of sources on political issues.
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Election 2020 – The Facts are Clear but Who Do We Trust?
In this media literacy activity students analyze a collection of tweets from President Trump, a televised press conference statement by President-elect Joe Biden, a video opinion piece by Fox News commentator Tucker Carlson, a press release from the U.S. Government office for cyber-security and infrastructure security and an online fact checking webpage by the Annenberg Public Policy Center for messages about the 2020 Presidential election results and media credibility.
High School, College
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me
Students analyze book covers and pages from various children’s books to determine personal preferences in reading for a variety of purposes.
Lower Elementary
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
Polarized America: Political Conventions 2020
In this media literacy activity students analyze montages of clips from the 2020 Democratic and Republican conventions for messages about target audience and polarization of the electorate.
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Presidents and Propaganda?
This activity asks students to reflect on the definitions of propaganda and fascist propaganda as they analyze two short videos: a pro-Obama music video produced by musician will.i.am in 2008 and a pro-Trump video shown at the Ellipse in Washington DC shortly before the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021.
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
The Roots of Democracy in the United States: Iroquois or Athens?
In this media literacy activity students analyze two videos for messages about the roots of U.S. democracy with the Native American Iroquois confederacy and historic Athenian democracy as points of reference.
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year – How Selections Change Over Time
In this media literacy activity students compare Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” covers from 1965-1969 and 2015-2019 for messages about historical context in judgments of who is important across a half century.
Middle School, 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, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
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