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How Do We Identify Good Sustainability Stories? (Upper Elementary)

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos to discern messages about how videos can tell stories to inform and engage the public about sustainability issues and initiatives.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Corporate Greenwashing? Exxon and Greenpeace

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode an ExxonMobil commercial and an environmental advocacy video for conflicting messages about corporate advertising credibility and about human impact on the environment.

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Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Consumer Choices About Natural Resource Use Assessment

Media literacy and critical thinking assessment analyzing messages in a book cover and poster and writing an opinion piece on consumer choices,

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Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Poster
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

African and Free – Maroon Resistance in the Americas

Students analyze videos produced by and about people of the African diaspora in the Americas for messages about representations of their peoples' freedom, resistance, and ties to Africa.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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

Agriculture: Sustainable v. Industrial

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode two web videos for messages about industrial and sustainable agriculture.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics

Apocalyptic Weather Systems in Movies: Science Fact or Science Fiction

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a brief clip from the feature film, "The Day After Tomorrow" and a science blog post for conflicting perspectives on the potential impacts of extreme weather events related to global climate change.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film, Webpage, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Artistic Repurposing as Environmental Activism

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a web video and film trailer about the impacts of oceanic plastic pollution for messages about artists actions for environmental awareness.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies

BP Oil and Gulf Fisheries

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about the impact of the BP oli spill on Gulf Coast fisheries by decoding headlines and video clips.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, News - Print, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Ban the Bag or Not? What Else Should We Know?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a Scholastic news article and a page of a website called Bag the Ban for different perspectives on the use of plastic bags and their effects on our environment.

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Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Benefits And Costs Of Using Plastic Shopping Bags

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from websites about plastic bags for conflicting perspectives on the costs and benefits of plastic shopping bags.

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Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Biofuels

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing varied perspectives about growing corn as a biofuel commodity by decoding three text excerpts and six video clips.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Bioregional Economy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students will complete and present a multimedia research project on just and sustainable economic development projects in their bioregion.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology

Black Lives Matter and Climate Change: What's the Connection?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a news article and an opinion piece about the connections between the Black Lives Matter movement and climate change for issues related to social and scientific content and geographical context.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, News - Print
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

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.

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Middle School, High School

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Documentary Film, Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, English Language Instruction, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Butterflies in the Media

Students analyze a magazine cover, a T-shirt, a book cover, a webpage, a button and a comic for messages about butterflies, endangered species and media forms.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Magazine, Webpage
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

COVID-19 & Climate Change: Graphing the Connection

In this media literacy activity students analyze online graphs and text for messages about the connections between the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Chart/graph, Informational Text, News - Print, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Journalism, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

Carbon Sequestration: Solutions to Climate Change

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about the effectiveness of different carbon sequestration solutions in reversing the impacts of greenhouse gas releases on climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies

Case Study: From Witness to Action

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to teach about strategies activists have taken to remedy environmental injustice.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Chukchi Sea Oil Drilling

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short informational writing excerpts to reflect on the pros and cons of Alaskan oil drilling.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, News - Print
Subject Areas
Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Climate Change, Agriculture & Sustainability

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and the role of agricultural practices in contributing to climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Informational Text, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts