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Practicing Respect on Public Transportation

In this media literacy activity students analyze short video clips for messages about respect on public transportation.

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Middle School, High School

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Sociology, English Language Instruction, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Presidential Photo-Op and Political Protest: Who’s Telling the Story?

In this media literacy activity students analyze and compare a short video produced by the White House and a longer news report by MSNBC on President Trump’s photo-op in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church on June 1, 2020 during nationwide protests against police brutality and racism.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Presidents and Propaganda?

This activity asks students to reflect on the definitions of propaganda and fascist propaganda as they analyze two short videos: a pro-Obama music video produced by musician will.i.am in 2008 and a pro-Trump video shown at the Ellipse in Washington DC shortly before the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Speech, Web Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Pride in Our Hispanic Heritage: Countering Stereotypes

In this media literacy activity students analyze advertisements targeted at the Latino/a community for messages about cultural identity, consumerism and stereotyping,

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Social Media, Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Pronouns & Gender Identity: Who Gets to Choose?

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about gender pronouns and identity choices.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Student Media Production, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Protecting Our Water Resources Assessment

Media literacy and critical thinking assessment analyzing messages in videos and writing a report on the protection of water resources.

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Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Puzzle Wall Map

A map of Africa with a numbered grid covering the continent.

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Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes, 30-60 Minutes

Map
Subject Areas
Global Studies

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.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, News - Print, Web Video
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Rachel Carson (Print Documents Lesson)

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short informational writing excerpts to reflect on the media representation of Rachel Carson's legacy.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, News - Print
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Rachel Carson (Video Clips Lesson)

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on conflicting views on Rachel Carson's place in history.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Rachel Carson: Who Controls Nature?

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about the impact of DDT on the ecosystem.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

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

Rainforest Biodiversity

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on the impacts to rainforest biodiversity by monoculture plantations.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

Rapping the Revolution: Music and Social Change in Iran

Students analyze excerpts from five short Iranian music videos for messages about the causes of the protests in Iran in 2022 and the role of music in revolution.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song, Web Video, Music/song
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

Raptors in the Media

Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a website and a YouTube screen shot for messages about media forms, osprey, eagles and condors and environmental concerns.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Magazine, Photograph, Poster, Social Media, Web Video
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Rating Media Credibility – Who’s Behind the Curtain?

In this media literacy activity students analyze websites for messages about how funders and advisors influence bias.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Chart/graph, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Real Bugs TV Commercial Decoding

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on stereotyping by analyzing a TV comercial.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

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

Recycling: What’s the Problem?

Students analyze a commercial and clips from documentaries for messages about recycling, its attraction to consumers and industry and its limitations.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Reforestation: Carbon Sequestration

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from the documentary films "Green Gold" and "The Salt of the Earth" for different representations of reforestation as a means to sequester carbon and restore degraded ecosystems.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies

Refrigeration Management: A Global Solution to Reverse Global Warming

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode three videos for the impact of refrigeration gases on climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics

Regulating Social Media: How About It?

Students analyze five short video clips for different messages about the regulation of social media.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media