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I Want to Protect These Animals

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing postcards about different classes of animals, reflecting on cyber safety in online research and creating postcards of animals students would like to protect.

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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: Animals (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
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Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


I Want to Protect These Plants

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing postcards about plant needs for water, sunlight and pollinators, reflecting on cyber safety in online research and creating postcards of plants students would like to protect.

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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: Plants (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


I Want to Protect This Body of Water

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing postcards about bodies of water, reflecting on cyber safety in online research and creating postcards of water bodies students would like to protect.

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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 (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


International Climate Agreements: How the Decisions of Government Officials Can Potentially Impact Climate Change

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two op-eds for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of the Trump adminstration's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords..

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Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

ACTIVITY PLAN, STUDENT HANDOUT
Editorial Opinion, Informational Text
Pdf
Laurie VanVleet & Sox Sperry


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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Unit: Biodiversity
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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Middle School
Individual, Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

VIDEO, STUDENT WORKSHEET, STUDENT HANDOUT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Documentary Film, Television Program
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


Invasive Species: How Do We Stop an Invasion?

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a poster and a webpage for messages about the impact of introducing invasive species into an ecosystem.

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Unit: Biodiversity
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Visual Arts, Life 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
Poster, Webpage
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry


Is There a Future in Oil?

This is a media literacy activity in which students analyze two video clips with the following question in mind: Is there a future in oil? One of the videos features a speaker representing the American Petroleum Institute who highlights the economic benefits of increasing oil and gas production while the other video clip features speakers from the Rockefeller Brothers Funds and 350.org who present the economic and environmental reasons to divest from fossil fuels and support renewable energy sources.

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Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, VIDEO
Web Video
Pdf, Mp4
Cindy Kramer & Sox Sperry


Lemmings: Documentary Film Clip Decoding

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on the influence of the media on people's beliefs about science and teaching ways to check the validity of questionable claims.

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Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

ACTIVITY PLAN, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Documentary Film
Pdf, Ppt, Mp4
Cyndy Scheibe


Let Us Tell You About the Animals Where We Live

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing various media documents focused on messages about human impacts on animals and creating a simple video production based on impacts to animals where you live and action ideas to protect them.

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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: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill Building
Unit: Animals (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Illustration, Webpage, Web Video
Pdf, Ppt, Mp4
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


Let Us Tell You About the Bodies of Water Where We Live

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing book covers for messages about water-centered disasters related to oil spills, drought and hurricanes and creating a simple video production based on impacts to your region's water bodies and action ideas to protect them.

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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 (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Health, Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Web Video
Pdf, Pptx, Mp4
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


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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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: Plants (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Web Video
Pdf, Pptx, Mp4
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold


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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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
Unit: Natural Resources
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Upper Elementary
Pair, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

VIDEO, POWERPOINT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Animated Film, Documentary Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Web Video
Mp4, Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry


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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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: Documenting Sustainability Stories
Unit: Production
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Upper Elementary
Pair, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, STUDENT WORKSHEET, VIDEO
Web Video
Pdf, Mp4
Sox Sperry, Chris Sperry & Kelsey Greene


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.

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Health, Math, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Action
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High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, ACTIVITY PLAN
Chart/graph, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, Webpage
Pdf
Sox Sperry


Meat or Veggies? The Impact of Diet on Climate

In this media literacy activity students analyze a documentary film and a television news report for messages about how plant-based and meat-based diets impact climate change.

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Health, Journalism, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology
Action
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High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

VIDEO, ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE
Documentary Film, Television Program
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry


Merging Social Justice with Environmentalism

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the environmental justice movement beginning in the late 20th century.

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Unit: Environmental Justice
Kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

ASSESSMENT, STUDENT READING, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, POWERPOINT
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry


Natural Gas: Water & Climate Impacts

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode an advertisement and a web page for messages about how natural gas extraction impacts fresh water 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, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Middle School
Individual, Whole Class
15-30 Minutes

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


Natural Resources - How Do we Use Them?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing book and magazine covers to discern messages about how the use of natural resources for energy affects the environment.

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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: Natural Resources
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Upper Elementary
Individual, Pair, Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Webpage
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry


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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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Endangered Species
Journalism, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT READING, STUDENT WORKSHEET
Editorial Opinion
Pdf
Sox Sperry


Nuclear Reactor Safety

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on nuclear reactor safety in light of the accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl.

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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Chemicals in the Environment
Health, Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Action
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Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes

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