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Unions and Race

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on racial inclusion and exclusion in the labor union movement between 1910-1920.

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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:

Playlist: Economics & Social Justice
Unit: Early Labor Movement
Kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
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Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Documentary Film, Feature Film
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry


Vaccinations – What Role Does Social Media Play in Informing the Public?

In this media literacy activity students analyze an article from an anti-vaccination Facebook page, a public radio podcast and an international newspaper for messages about the role of social media in promoting public health as regards vaccines and immunization.

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Health, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
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High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Social Media, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry, Jennifer Borowicz


Vaccine Nationalism and Global Equity: Who Gets the Shots When?

In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the ethics of global vaccine access.

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Health, Life Sciences, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
News - Video, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


Valuing Water: Different Perspectives

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a book covers and tables of content for messages about human impacts on freshwater resources.

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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: Climate Change & Water
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts
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Middle School
Individual, Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Informational Text
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry


Voices Role-Play

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students will study and communicate in a role play debate the perspective of a sustainability advocate and then articulate their own opinions about the topic.

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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:

Playlist: English Language Arts
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
Health, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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High School
Pair, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

VIDEO, POWERPOINT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, GLOSSARY, STUDENT READING, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Documentary Film, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Television Program, Webpage, Web Video
Mp4, Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry


Volcanoes: Can We Protect Cities from Lava Flows?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a National Public Radio report and a clip from a 1940s era Superman animated cartoon for messages about engineering solutions to protect cities from volcanic lava flows.

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Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies
Action
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Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT HANDOUT, VIDEO
Animated Film, Webpage
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry


War Crimes at Abu Ghraib- Showing Photos?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson asking students to reflect on the viewing and publication of photographs of war crimes.

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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: War in Iraq: Whose Voice, Whose Story?
Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
Psychology, Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
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High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

STUDENT WORKSHEET, STUDENT READING, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, ASSESSMENT, POWERPOINT
Photograph
Pdf, Ppt
Chris Sperry & Sox Sperry


War and Glory

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from songs about 19th century wars to compare songwriters' messages about war and peace.

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Unit: Wars of Manifest Destiny: Indian, Mexican and Spanish American Wars
Kit: Media Constructions of Peace
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
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Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

AUDIO, STUDENT WORKSHEET, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, VIDEO
Music/song
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


War on Whom?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to study the impact of World War One on soldiers and families.

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Unit: World War One
Kit: Media Constructions of Peace
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

STUDENT WORKSHEET, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, AUDIO
Music/song
Pdf, Mp3, Mp4
Sox Sperry


Watershed Stakeholders

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students analyze maps, videos and informational text to reflect on stakeholder interests in maintaining watersheds.

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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:

Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
Health, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

VIDEO, POWERPOINT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, STUDENT READING, ASSESSMENT, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Animated Film, Documentary Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Map, Webpage
Mp4, Ppt, Pdf
Sox Sperry


Watersheds: Stewardship & Climate Change

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web pages messages about which strategies might be most useful to deal with climate change impacts on human communities.

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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: Climate Change & Water
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Middle School
Individual, Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration, Map, Webpage
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry


We Will Be Heard

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from songs about women's suffrage to analyze the use of stereotyping in songwriting.

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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: Women's Suffrage
Kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, AUDIO
Music/song
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry


What About Bottled Water?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos and TV commercials to discern messages about decisions to purchase or not purchase bottled water.

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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: Water (upper elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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Upper Elementary
Pair, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

VIDEO, STUDENT WORKSHEET, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Animated Film, Television Commercial, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


What About Hunger?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos to discern messages about possible strategies to address the problem of hunger.

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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill Building
Playlist: Economics & Social Justice
Unit: Food Choices
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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Upper Elementary
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Web Video
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry


What Can You Tell From a Book Cover?

Students analyze pairs of different covers for the same children’s book for messages about techniques, purpose, impact and target audience.

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Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN, POWERPOINT
Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Print Advertisement
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry, Sharon Fox


What Do We Do About Fake News?

In this media literacy activity students analyze three online articles for messages about the responsibility to ascertain credibility in news stories.

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Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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High School, College
Individual, Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Blog Post, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Print, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry


What Do You Know? Sourcing, Credibility and Bias

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on sourcing, credibility, accuracy and bias of information presented in the media while introducing students to vocabulary and issues addressed in Media Constructions of Sustainability lessons.

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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:

Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Action
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High School, College
Individual, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, POWERPOINT
Informational Text
Pdf, Ppt
Sox Sperry


What Does the Dollar Bill Tell You About the United States?

Students analyze the imagery on the dollar bill for symbols and messages about the beliefs of the founders of the United States and about what constitutes media.

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Visual Arts, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

POWERPOINT, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Illustration
Ppt, Pdf
Sox Sperry


What Immigrants Want

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on why immigrants come to the U.S, the challenges they face and supports they need to survive.

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Playlist: Global Studies
Unit: Immigrant Rights
Kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

VIDEO, STUDENT WORKSHEET, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Documentary Film, Feature Film, Television Program
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


What Is Causing Global Warming?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing conflicting perspectives on the causes for global warming by decoding short excerpts from two films, The Great Global Warming Swindle and An Inconvenient Truth.

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Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies
Action
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High School, College
Pair, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Animated Film, Chart/graph, Documentary Film, Informational Text, Television Commercial
Pdf, Ppt, Mp4
Chris Sperry, Dan Flerlage, Alexander Papouchis
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