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Sustainable Economics
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the relationship of economics to the sustainability of food systems by reading the work of authors presented in five periodicals.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Sustainable Food Security Systems
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing models for food security through the lenses of access, culture, employment, environment, health, ownership, scale and worker safety.
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Playlist: Economics & Social JusticeKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
TV Totalitarianism
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing how Saddam Hussein used a music video to convey messages about his role as supreme leader.
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Unit: War in Iraq: Whose Voice, Whose Story?Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Tarred and Feathered
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about the impact of the Stamp Act on the American colonists.
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Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
Teaching About Climate Change: Why Does the Source Matter?
This is a media literacy activity in which students analyze two letters for the National Science Teachers Association and the Heartland Institute for conflicting perspectives about how to teach about global climate change.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology
Teaching the Enslavement of African People in the Americas
In this media literacy activity students analyze an executive summary from a research report, an opinion piece in a newspaper and a post in an online community site for messages about how and why we teach about the history of slavery.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Techniques of Persuasion: Smoking, Vaping and Health
In this media literacy activity students analyze commercials and PSAs related to smoking and vaping for messages about purpose, technique and target audience.
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Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Thanksgiving: Who’s Telling the Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the meanings and impacts of the stories surrounding Thanksgiving.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy
The Challenge of Change
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a passage from Dr. King's book, "Where Do We Go From Here" and letters to the editor on naming a local street for Dr King.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr.Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
The Cold War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about Soviet perspectives on the Cold War.
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Unit: The Cold War (Soviet Posters)Kit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies
The Consequences of Global Warming
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing news articles about the impact of global warming on hurricanes, diseases, agriculture, sea level rise, severe weather, freshwater and biodiversity.
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Playlist: Climate ChangeHigh School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
The Death of Kobe Bryant: How Viral Media Spreads Misinformation
In this media literacy activity students analyze screen grabs from a YouTube page, a Facebook post, a network news video page and online headlines, photos and captions for messages about credibility of Internet news reporting.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
The End of the USSR
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Playlist: Global StudiesUnit: The End of the USSR
Kit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies
The Face of Cereal: Using Cartoon Characters to Persuade Children
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal packages for messages about health and advertising.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
The Food Groups
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using the food pyramid to introduce the concept of food groups.
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Unit: Kindergarten LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Nutrition
The Food Groups (First Grade)
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using the food pyramid to introduce the health benefits of eating from all food groups.
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Unit: First Grade LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Nutrition
The Great Patriotic War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the Soviet Union during World War Two.
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Unit: The Great Patriotic WarKit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies
The Gulf War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using Newsweek magazine covers to teach the history of the Gulf War.
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Kit: Media Constructions of War: A Critical Reading of HistoryHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Jessica Lynch Rescue: News, Propaganda or Entertainment
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson contrasting four media representations of a news story.
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Unit: War in Iraq: Whose Voice, Whose Story?Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Magic of Stereotypes
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing stereotypes about Arabs by viewing an excerpt from the film, Aladdin.
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Playlist: Global StudiesUnit: Introducing the Middle East
Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy