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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
Subject Areas
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
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
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
Subject Areas
Health, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
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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
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
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
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
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
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
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Hillary Clinton: Dueling Cartoons
Students analyze editorial cartoons about Hillary Clinton for messages about women's identity as a political candidate and about the use of stereotypes in editorial cartooning. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Claiming Feminist Identities." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History
1800 "The Providential Detection" Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing an 1800 political cartoon for messages about Thomas Jefferson, religion and foreign policy.
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Unit: 1800 The Birth of CampaignsKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
1832 King Andrew Handbill
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing an 1832 handbill about Andrew Jackson for messages about political attacks and presidential power.
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Unit: 1828-1840 The Campaign as SpectacleKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
1832 Aristocrat/Workingman Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing an 1832 political cartoon about Andrew Jackson for messages about political imagery and target audience.
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Unit: 1828-1840 The Campaign as SpectacleKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
1860 Douglas "Taking the Stump" Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing a political cartoon from the 1860 Lincoln/Douglas campaign for messages about reaching voters and campaign stumping.
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Unit: 1860-1872 Slavery, Civil War and ReconstructionKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
1868 "White Man's Government" Nast Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing an 1868 political cartoon for messages about suppression of voting rights for African Americans.
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Unit: 1860-1872 Slavery, Civil War and ReconstructionKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
1872 "Greeley and Tweed" Nast Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing a political cartoon attacking Horace Greeley for messages about political corruption and scandal.
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Unit: 1860-1872 Slavery, Civil War and ReconstructionKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
1900 McKinley and Millionaire Advisor Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing an 1900 political cartoon about William McKinley for messages about ethics and the influence of campaign contributions.
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Unit: 1896 - 1908 The Modern CampaignKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
1904 Photo of Roosevelt Stumping and "Teddy's Teeth" Ad
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing a photo and an ad in the 1904 campaign for Theodore Roosevelt for messages about candidate imagery and reaching voters.
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Unit: 1896 - 1908 The Modern CampaignKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
1904 Teddy Roosevelt "New Diplomacy" Cartoon
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing a political cartoon from the 1904 campaign for Theodore Roosevelt for messages about foreign policy and race.
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This lesson is part of a "kit" or collection of media decoding lessons on a particular topic. You can explore that kit using the link below:
Unit: 1896 - 1908 The Modern CampaignKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government