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Fyre Festival: Gender, Wealth and Happiness in Social Media

Students analyze a short video ad and social media posts for messages about gender, wealth and success; to assess the credibility of media messages; and to reflect on the role media play in shaping our views.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Charting Media Coverage of War: Israel/Palestine

Students analyze charts with text excerpts from articles for messages about bias in media coverage of the Israel Hamas war, to analyze the bias in the construction of the charts, and to reflect on their own interpretations.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Informational Text, News - Print
Subject Areas
Math, Journalism, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

UN Sustainable Development Goals and Graphics

Students analyze icons for messages about graphic design and the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Comic Superheroes and Historical Context

Students analyze comic book covers for messages about historical context and book cover design techniques.

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Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Hear Our Voices

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

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

Challenging White Supremacy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the black freedom/civil rights movement in the United States.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

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

Claiming Feminist Identities

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the late 20th century women's liberation movement in the U.S.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Photograph, Poster
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

The Law of Immigration

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of immigration reform debates in the U.S since the early 20th century.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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

Out and Affirmed

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the gay liberation movement in the U.S.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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

Prisons- Justice or Injustice

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the prison justice movement from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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

Questioning Manifest Destiny

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about efforts to oppose manifest destiny during the Indian Wars, Mexican War and Philippine-American War.

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Middle School, High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

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

Peace or Liberty?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during World War One.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

For Peace or Against Oppression?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the World War Two period.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

A History of Global Warming in Science, Politics, and the Media

Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how global warming has been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics

The War in Editorial Cartoons

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing issues related to the Iraq War by identifying messages and stereotypes in editorial cartoons.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Latin American Immigration in Editorial Cartoons

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about U.S. immigration in editorial cartoons from 5 Latin American countries.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

The Intolerable Acts

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about political cartoons and the Intolerable Acts.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government

History of Chemicals in the Environment

Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how chemicals in the environment have been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include pesticides, fertilizer, gasoline additives and persistent organic pollutants.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology

History of Endangered Species

Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how endangered species have been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include indigenous perspectives, whaling, habitat destruction and the Endangered Species Act.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Map, News - Print, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Poverty: Climate Change & Water Security

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web pages for messages about the conditions that make people living in poverty extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

What's So Funny about Climate Change? Editorial Cartoon Opinions

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze six editorial cartoons for conflicting perspectives on the direness of the threat of climate change.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Web Video
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Carbon Trading: Arguments for and Against

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a webpage from the World Economic Forum and an online comic book for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of carbon trading.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Webpage
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology

Anti-Semitism: Then and Now

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a poster, a tweet and an editorial cartoon for messages about anti-Semitism.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Informational Text, Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Decoding the Twenty: Andrew Jackson and Harriet Tubman

In this media literacy activity students analyze images related to the twenty dollar bill for messages about U.S. history and historical context.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Social Media
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Wash Your Hands – What’s the Right Way?

In this media literacy activity students analyze a comic, a graphic, a music video and a public service announcement for messages about the best way to wash your hands to protect yourself from getting sick.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Blog Post, Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

How Disease Spreads: Cholera Epidemic of 1892

In this media literacy activity students analyze an anti-Semitic editorial cartoon and newspaper editorial from the 1890s, an excerpt from a contemporary magazine article and a webpage from a respected medical health center for messages about the social and scientific beliefs that inform our knowledge about how cholera spreads.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion, Magazine, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Life Sciences, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

COVID-19 and the Economy: Conflicting Priorities

In this media literacy activity students analyze two opinion pieces for messages about how to manage the economy during a global health crisis.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Female Superheroes: Changing Powers Over Time

In this media literacy activity students analyze female superheroes from comics of the 1960s and 2010s for messages about changes in media representations of gender and power across fifty years.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Dolphins in the Media

Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a cartoon, a toy and an advertisement for messages about media forms, dolphins and environmental concerns.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Magazine, Poster, Social Media
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

The Early Feminists and Haudenosaunee Women: The Origins of Women’s Rights in the U.S.

Students analyze and ask questions about a 1914 political cartoon and a 2020 documentary film clip for messages about the impact of Haudenosaunee women on the early women’s rights movement in the United States.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Documentary Film, Documentary Film, Editorial Cartoon
Subject Areas
US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Kerblam!*! - Violence in Comics

Students analyze comic book covers for messages about violence and about the differences between realistic fiction and fantasy.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Upper Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres and compare texts in different genres in terms of their approach to similar topics.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Animals and Images: What do you See?

Students analyze different types of images for messages about image forms and about reptiles, amphibians and dinosaurs.

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Lower Elementary

Under 15 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Photograph
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

GMO Yes or No - Decoding Movie Trailers

Students analyze two short movie trailers for messages about GMOs, to ask and answer questions about sourcing and credibility, and to reflect on their own confirmation biases.

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Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Economics, Library/Information Literacy

Pride Month: Representation and Authorship

Students analyze short Pride Month videos for messages about LGBTQ history and culture and its representation.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video, Web Video, Animated Film, Web Video, Animated Film, Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Lower Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Bias in School Curriculum: News Report or Analysis?

Students analyze a news report and news analysis about bias in school curriculum and about how their own biases influence their interpretations and responses.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Television Program
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Vaccine Safety - Exploring Our Own Biases

Students analyze two short news videos about the safety and speed of the creation of the mRNA Covid vaccine, about sourcing and credibility of the videos and the scientific information presented in them, and about their own confirmation biases.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy

Winter Holidays Around the World

Students analyze book covers for messages about winter holidays around the world and about book covers as media messages.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Literature
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

The Murders of Osage Indians: Media Forms, Qualities, and Credibility

Students will explore how different media forms represent the history of the Osage murders, the credibility of sources, and their own preferences.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Magazine, News - Print, Photograph, Social Media, Television Program, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Physics or Fiction - Will Tango and Cash get electrocuted?

After viewing clips from a feature film and web videos, students will identify messages about electrical currents and shock, analyze sources and credibility, and reflect on strategies for finding accurate information.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

Under 15 Minutes

Feature Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy

Where's the Media? How Can You Tell?

Students analyze an array of images of potential new and old media forms for messages about what constitutes media and the purposes of media through the ages.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Illustration, Informational Text, Map, Music/song, Photograph, Social Media, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media

Is This Media? How Can You Tell?

Students analyze an array of images for messages about what is media.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

Under 15 Minutes

Illustration, Photograph, Web Video
Subject Areas
Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture: Representation and Authorship

Students analyze short videos for messages about Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and cultures and their representation.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, Documentary Film, Documentary Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

A.I. – Pros, Cons, Credibility and Bias

Students analyze short videos for messages about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence, the bias and credibility of each source, and our own thinking about the issue.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, News - Video, Television Program
Subject Areas
Psychology, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media

Starter Kit for Elementary Library & Information Literacy K-2

This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.


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Lower Elementary

Subject Areas
DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design


Starter Kit for Elementary Library & Information Literacy 3-5

This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.


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Upper Elementary

Subject Areas
DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design


Starter Kit for Library & Information Literacy 6-8

This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.


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Middle School

Subject Areas
DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design


Starter Kit for Library & Information Literacy 9-12

This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.


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High School

Subject Areas
DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design