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Creativity in Service

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing four short film excerpts about creativity in service among elders.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Sociology

Damming the Rivers

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on river damming projects and on the use of water as a resource.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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

Dams and Rivers: To Build Or To Remove?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos to discern messages about the human benefits and environmental impacts of building and removing hydropower dams

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

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

Defining Sustainability

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing textual and diagrammatic definitions of sustainability presented by diverse corporate and civil society sources.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Farming, Community, and Sustainability

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the roles of community, farmers and farm labor in food system sustainability using visual imagery, film and song.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Documentary Film, Illustration, Music/song, Poster, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video, Music/song
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Green Revolution

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson exploring arguments for and against green revolution technology by reading excerpts from four articles about Norman Borlaug, founder of the Green Revolution.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

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

Guiding Our Food Choices

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson considering how food choices impact personal, social and environmental health by analyzing web pages and diagrams.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

How Do We Decide How Much To Eat And Drink?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing web pages and food diagrams to discern messages about food servings.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Visual Arts, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Hydrofracking, Media, and Credibility

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the credibility of messages about hydrofracking as presented in video clips, diagrams and online searches.

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Television Program, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Hydropower Dams: To Build or to Dismantle?

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about claims related to hydropower dam building or removal.

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Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Hydropower: Benefits and Costs

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode webpages for messages about how human use of natural resources for energy affects the biosphere.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Interrelationships: Human & Buffalo

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about the interdependent relationships between people and buffalo.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

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

Islamic Majorities and Minorities

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing media messages about Muslims in web pages and magazine covers from the Philippines and Indonesia.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Let Us Tell You About the Plants Where We Live

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing book covers focused on different messages about human impacts on plants and creating a simple video production based on impacts to plants and action ideas to protect them.

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Lower Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Logging - What About Biodiversity?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos & childrens books to discern messages about the impacts of logging on biodiversity.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Animated Film, Documentary Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Web Video
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Making Videos about Sustainability Efforts

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students collaboratively design a short video message about a sustainability effort.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Northern Rockies Gray Wolf

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short informational writing excerpts to reflect on the removal of the gray wolf from the endangered species list.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion
Subject Areas
Journalism, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Nuclear: Benefits and Costs

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode webpages for messages about how human use of natural resources for energy affects the biosphere.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Oil Spills: What's the Problem?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing newspaper headlines, web pages and videos to discern messages about how oil spills impact human and natural populations.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, News - Print, Webpage, 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

Oil: Benefits and Costs

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a book cover and report cover for messages about how human use of natural resources for energy affects the biosphere.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts