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Hiroshima/Nagasaki Legacy
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on the impact and meaning of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Unit: World War TwoKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Historical Monuments: Whose History? Whose Choice?
Students analyze excerpts from a public television series, a news report and a web video for messages about how historic monuments/statues have been reappraised in the Black Lives Matter era in the U.S., Australia, and Latin America.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
History of Resource Depletion
Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how resource depletion has been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include water, forests, oil and consumption.
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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Resource DepletionMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
How Much Water Did it Take to Grow That?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about the impact of agriculture on freshwater availability.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Water (upper elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
How Women Got the Vote: Different Authors, Different Stories
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two children’s history books for messages about the fight for women’s right to vote.
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Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Human/Animal Relations
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on messages about human and animal relations.
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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Endangered SpeciesMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
Huracán María: El Impacto de la Inmigración Puertorriqueña en Florida
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity for Spanish language classes in which students analyze three short excerpts of online newspaper articles about the economic impacts on Florida resulting from the influx of Puerto Rican climate refugees following Hurricane Maria. The student handouts are in Spanish language only, while the Teacher Guide is provided in both English and Spanish.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, Spanish Language Instruction
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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Unit: Energy SourcesKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
30-60 Minutes
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
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Identity and Satire
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to review representations in popular culture of women's identity in the context of the women's liberation movement.
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Unit: Women's LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Immigrant Realities
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on songwriter messages about the challenges that immigrants face.
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Unit: Immigrant RightsKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
Imperialism and the Panama Canal
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing bias in two documentary films about the Panama Canal.
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Playlist: The U.S. at War and Peace: American Revolution to the War in IraqPlaylist: Global Studies
Kit: Economics in U.S. History: A Media Literacy Kit
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
In Case of Nuclear War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to review perspectives on the impact of nuclear war.
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Unit: The Cold WarKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Indigenous Media Making: Affirming Identity
Students analyze short videos from TikTok, a feature film, a video game, Hip-Hop video, and a documentary film for messages related to Indigenous identity and cultural pride.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Indigenous Representations of Cultural Pride and Resilience
Students analyze videos produced by Native Americans (Inuit, Haudenosaunee, Hopi and Hawaiian) for messages about the contributions and resilience of Indigenous nations and peoples.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
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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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
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: BiodiversityKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Introduction to Capitalism
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing two brief videos with contrasting perspectives about capitalism and free markets.
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Kit: Economics in U.S. History: A Media Literacy KitMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Is There a Future in Oil?
Students analyze two video clips for mesages about fossil fuel production.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics
Judy Heumann: Disability Activism in Video
Students analyze short video clips from different video genres for messages about how Judy Heumann pushed for civil rights for people with disabilities.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Life on the Inside
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on messages about prison life and survival within prison.
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Unit: Prison JusticeKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology