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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, College
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
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, College
Whole Class
30-60 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
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, College
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, College
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
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, College
Whole Class
15-30 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
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
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, College
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, College
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, College
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, College
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, College
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, College
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, College
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, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes