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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

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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Animated Film, Music/song, Television Commercial, Television Program
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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, Television Program
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

Web Video, Animated Film, Documentary Film, Feature Film, Music/song, Social Media, Web Video
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

Documentary Film, Web Video
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

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text
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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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

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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film
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

Web Video
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

Animated Film, Documentary Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
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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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Living Wage

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing two opinion pieces about Living Wage laws.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Making Friends with the Enemy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on the impact of war on the Nicaraguan people.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Psychology, Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Mapping the Border: Who Decides?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze different maps of the U.S. Mexico border region for messages about how mapmakers use images and words to convey messages.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Map
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Marketing OxyContin: Profits, Lives and Disinformation

Media documents are excerpts from a company memo from Purdue Pharma, an investigative reporting video, an online article and two government reports related to the marketing of OxyContin. Students analyze messages about the role of industry in fueling the opioid epidemic and the credibility of the media documents.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text, News - Print, News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

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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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Media Coverage of the Gulf War

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing bias in documentary video and teaching about the U.S. government's role in influencing media coverage of the Gulf War.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Media Representations of Working Class Men: Different Eras, Different Understandings

In this media literacy activity students analyze a portion of a mural from the 1930s and a clip from “The Simpsons” TV show from the 1990s for messages about media representation of working class men.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Animated Film, Illustration, Television Program
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology