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What Do You Know? Sourcing, Credibility and Bias

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on sourcing, credibility, accuracy and bias of information presented in the media while introducing students to vocabulary and issues addressed in Media Constructions of Sustainability lessons.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

What Does the Dollar Bill Tell You About the United States?

Students analyze the imagery on the dollar bill for symbols and messages about the beliefs of the founders of the United States and about what constitutes media.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

What Immigrants Want

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on why immigrants come to the U.S, the challenges they face and supports they need to survive.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

What is the Role of the Federal Government in Protecting the Environment?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze three short news reports for conflicting messages about the appointment of Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Print, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government

What's the Problem? How Do We Fix It?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on the problem and potential solutions to the Iraq War.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

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.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Magazine, News - Video, Television Program
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Which Side Are You On?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the U.S. labor movement between Reconstruction and World War One.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Which Way to Peace?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on choices for peacemaking during the Vietnam War.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Who's A Hero?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on what constitutes antiwar heroism in the context of the Mexican and Spanish-American Wars.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Who's in Power in Congress: How Do You Know?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze four charts and text about who holds power in Congress for messages about credibility in media sources.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Math, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Why Oppose War?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to review arguments opposing the Vietnam War.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Why Vote?

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about why voting is important.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Wind Farm Site Selection: A Community Debates the Issues

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two op-eds for perspectives on siting local wind farms.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Women’s Suffrage: Why the Women’s Vote Was Important Then and Is Now

In this media literacy activity students analyze primary and secondary texts from the 19th to the 21st century for messages about the arguments in favor of women voting.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Magazine, Speech
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

World War 2 Student Peace Posters

Students analyze 6 World War 2 era student peace posters for messages about war making, visual symbols and wartime propaganda. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “For Peace or Against Oppression?”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.

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Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

World War II D-Day - Two Views of History: Soviet and American

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode U.S. and Soviet history texts for conflicting perspectives about D-Day and the liberation of France.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

World War One Through Posters

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about economics in World War One posters.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Poster
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics

Young People Taking Action to Protect our Warming Planet

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze four short excerpts from online articles for messages about youth activism for environmental protection and social justice.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts