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Fact Checkers: How Do They Decide?
In this media literacy activity students analyze fact checking websites for messages about their goals and processes for determining credibility.
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Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
High School, College
Individual, Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Blog Post, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry
Fact or Fiction? A Snopes.com and Urban Legends Activity
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing students to data collection through surveys and reflecting on why so many people believe in urban legends.
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Psychology, Visual Arts, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Middle School, High School, College
Group - Small (3-5 Members)
15-30 Minutes
ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT WORKSHEET
Illustration, Informational Text
Pdf
Cyndy Scheibe
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.
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Health, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Farming, Community, and Sustainability
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the roles of community, farmers and farm labor in food system sustainability using visual imagery, film and song.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and AgricultureVisual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
High School, College
Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT READING, POWERPOINT, VIDEO, AUDIO
Chart/graph, Documentary Film, Illustration, Music/song, Poster, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video, Music/song
Pdf, Ppt, Mp4
Sox Sperry
Fighting Back Against Religious Intolerance
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about how young people challenge religious intolerance.
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Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
VIDEO, ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE
Web Video, Animated Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry, Olivia Wiese
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. .
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Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
POWERPOINT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Illustration
Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Food Crisis in Africa
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing brief videos about the food crisis from four African countries.
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Playlist: Global StudiesKit: Global Media Perspectives
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT READING, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Television Program, Web Video
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry
Food Security
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos and text excerpts as a means to understand the conditions required for food security, the causes of food insecurity and potential solutions leading to food security.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and AgricultureHealth, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Nutrition, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
High School, College
Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, ASSESSMENT, STUDENT READING, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Documentary Film, Informational Text, News - Print, Web Video
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry
Food Waste: What’s the Problem? What’s the Solution?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about the problems and potential solutions related to global food waste and climate change.
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Health, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE
Animated Film, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Football and Concussions: the NFL vs. Scientific Research
In this media literacy activity students analyze short video clips from an investigative documentary TV program, a feature film, and a congressional hearing for messages about the impact of football on brain disease to assess credibility in film representations of historic events.
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Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Life Sciences, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Documentary Film, Feature Film, News - Video, Television Program, Television Commercial, News - Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Freedom Fighters or Terrorists?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing media representations of Afghani fighters before and after the 9/11 attacks in two documentary films.
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Unit: Militant Muslims and the U.S.Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Global Studies, Sociology
High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Documentary Film, Television Program
Pdf, Mp4
Chris Sperry & Sox Sperry
Friend or Foe?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the Central American wars of the Reagan administration.
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Playlist: Global StudiesUnit: Central American Wars
Kit: Media Constructions of Peace
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
POWERPOINT, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, STUDENT READING, ASSESSMENT
Illustration, News - Print, Poster, Webpage
Ppt, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Frogs and Atrazine
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short informational writing excerpts to consider opposing views on the possible relationship between frog popultion decline and the use of the herbicide atrazine.
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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Endangered SpeciesHealth, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
STUDENT WORKSHEET, STUDENT READING, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Editorial Opinion, News - Print, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry
Fruit Juice vs Fruit Snacks and Fruit Drinks
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson teaching students to discriminate between real fruit and fruit snacks and between real juice and fruit drinks by decoding TV commercials
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Kindergarten Lessons
Kit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education
Lower Elementary
Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
15-30 Minutes, 30-60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, VIDEO
Television Commercial
Pdf, Mp4
Cyndy Scheibe & Jane Koestler
GMOs: Bias and Credibility in Media Messages
Students analyze three web videos from corporate, academic and activist sources for messages about genetically modified organisms, techniques used to sway the viewer, and questions about credibility and one’s own confirmation biases.
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Health, Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Web Video, Animated Film, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
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Gay Affirmative or Gay Negative
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on intolerance toward LGBT people and forms of resistance to intolerance.
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Unit: Gay LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Animated Film, Documentary Film, Television Program
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry
Gender & Fear: “It’s a Scary Time" but for Whom?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze excerpts from a press conference by President Trump, a YouTube song video and an Internet talk show for messages about which groups have cause to fear in the U.S.
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Psychology, Student Media Production, Music, Sociology
High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Geoengineering: Can Techno Fixes Save Us From Climate Change?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode two articles about geoengineering for credibility and for conflicting perspectives about its usefulness as a tool to combat climate change.
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Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT HANDOUT
News - Print, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry
Global Perspectives Through Movie Posters
Students analyze pairs of movie posters advertising the same film for different national audiences for messages about cultural perspectives and design choices.
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Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, POWERPOINT
Animated Film, Feature Film, Illustration, Poster
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry, Arlene Laverde
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.
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Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
Under 15 Minutes
POWERPOINT, ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE
Photograph, Webpage
Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry