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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 Palm Plantations: Effects on Tropical Rainforests

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a TV commercial and a documentary film excerpt for messages about the benefits and costs of transforming a tropical rainforest into an oil palm plantation to supply the global market.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

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

Oil Pipelines: Indigenous Water Rights & Safe Energy Transport

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze an article and a web page for conflicting perspectives on the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline near Standing Rock native land.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

News - Print, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

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

Onondaga Lake

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the stewardship interests for Onondaga Lake as regards economic development, cultural preservation and human and ecosystem health.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, Map, News - Print, Photograph
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Palm Oil: To Buy or Not to Buy?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a commercial, a public service announcement and a short animation for conflicting perspectives on the impact of palm oil production

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

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

Panamanian Fauna: Who’s Telling the Story and Why?

This media literacy activity was created to integrate the teaching of English language instruction with media literacy for educators in Panama. In this media literacy activity students analyze videos about Panama’s native animals for messages about species conservation and the source and purpose of each video.

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Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Television Commercial, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, English Language Instruction

Pollution: Industrial Restoration or Destruction

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode an advertisement and a webpage for messages about the impact of the impact of industrial pollution on ecosystem relationships.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

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

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

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

Renewable Energy Sources - Who's Running the Numbers?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing written text, web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about renewable energy use.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Math, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Rising Sea Refugees

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze short excerpts from two documentary films for different representations on the impacts of rising seas on human populations.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

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