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How Much Water Did it Take to Grow That?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about the impact of agriculture on freshwater availability.
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:
Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Water (upper elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Is This Cereal Healthy? How Can You Find Out?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal box advertisements for messages about health and nutrition.
15-30 Minutes
Mass Shootings: Tracking the Numbers
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a blog post, a fact checking website and an article in a national magazine for messages about sourcing and credibility.
30-60 Minutes
Polling on Structural Racism: What Do Different People Believe?
In this media literacy activity students analyze charts and graphs showing polling data on how different groups view structural racism in the United States.
15-30 Minutes
Renewable Energy Sources - Who's Running the Numbers?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing written text, web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about renewable energy use.
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: Natural ResourcesKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Social Media and Elections: What’s the Connection?
In this media literacy activity students analyze online charts and text for messages about the impact of social media on U.S. elections and political discourse.
30-60 Minutes
Who's in Power in Congress: How Do You Know?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze four charts and text about who holds power in Congress for messages about credibility in media sources.
30-60 Minutes