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Environmental Injustice At Work

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to compare musical forms carrying messages about environmental justice in the workplace.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Subject Areas
Music, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Environmental Justice – For Whom, How and Why?

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about impacts and potential remedies for environmental justice.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology

Ethanol: Pros and Cons

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about the benefits and costs of using corn-based ethanol as an energy source.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Economic Models for a Healthy Planet and a Just Society

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze three writings about sustainability and economy for conflicting perspectives on possible economic remedies to environmental destruction and economic inequality.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Lower Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Upper Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres and compare texts in different genres in terms of their approach to similar topics.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Terms

Critical thinking lesson teaching key vocabulary and concepts about national, ethnic, religious and linguisitc identities within the Middle East.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Map
Subject Areas
Psychology, Global Studies, Sociology

Exploring the Impact of Hydrofracking on Aquifers

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode diagrams for messages about how hydrofracking impacts freshwater resources.

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Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Extreme Weather: Climate Change Connections & Water

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode webpages for messages about the relationship between climate change and extreme weather.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Chart/graph, Informational Text, News - Print, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Journalism, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Exxon Valdez, Oil and Water

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on the impacts of the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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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, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Faces of COVID-19 – Artists as Activists

In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos about the human faces of COVID-19 for messages about how artists work to humanize the pandemic.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Documentary Film, News - Video, Photograph, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Sociology

Fact Checkers: How Do They Decide?

In this media literacy activity students analyze fact checking websites for messages about their goals and processes for determining credibility.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Webpage
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Fact or Fiction? A Snopes.com and Urban Legends Activity

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing students to data collection through surveys and reflecting on why so many people believe in urban legends.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Family Planning: Why it Matters

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze three short video clips for messages about the needs for and impacts of family planning.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

Female Superheroes: Changing Powers Over Time

In this media literacy activity students analyze female superheroes from comics of the 1960s and 2010s for messages about changes in media representations of gender and power across fifty years.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Feminist Stereotyping in Comic Books

Students analyze a comic book cover for messages about young feminists' gender identity and about stereotypes. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Claiming Feminist Identities." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.

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High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Magazine
Subject Areas
US History

Fighting Back Against Religious Intolerance

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about how young people challenge religious intolerance.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology

First Contact: Who’s Telling the Story?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two paintings about first contact between Native Americans and Spanish conquistadors for messages about historical context and point of view. .

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Flags: Geometry, Algebra and Cultural Context

This math and/or social studies lesson has students analyze flags from around the world, to understand aspect ratio, flag design and historical context.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Math, Civics And Government, Global Studies

Food Crisis in Africa

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing brief videos about the food crisis from four African countries.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies