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Starter Kit for Elementary Library & Information Literacy K-2
This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design
Lower Elementary
Starter Kit for Elementary Health K-2
This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design
Health
Lower Elementary
Starter Kit for All Subjects K-2
This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Document Selection
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Arts
Psychology
Media Production
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: Choosing a Just Right Book
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth from East Syracuse, NY, leads her first graders through analyzing different book covers and text [and drawing their own conclusions about the appropriateness of the book as an independent reading choice] - using our lesson, How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: What is Media - Kindergarten
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, has her students identify media, including in their clothing – and then reflects on the importance of teaching young students to recognize that media is all around them.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Media Production
Pre-service Teacher Education
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: Who is Family? - Kindergarten
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, leads kindergarten students through analyzing book covers for messages about the diversity of families - using the Project Look Sharp lesson, “Who is Family?”
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Lower Elementary
Demonstration Video: Wash Your Hands - Kindergarten
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, has her students reflect on the qualities of different media forms (videos and a poster) while learning how to wash their hands. (Total Time: 2:13) Published 2023
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Lower Elementary
Standards Alignment: National Media Literacy Alliance Joint Statement on Media Literacy Education
This 3-page document briefly summarizes the alignment of media literacy with the core standards for each of the following disciplines: library (AASL + YALSA), technology (ISTE), Journalism (JEA), Early Childhood (NAEYC), Social Studies (NCSS), ELA (NCTE), Math (NCTM), Science (NSTA), and Writing (NWP).
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Media Literacy Lesson Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Arts
Psychology
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Middle School
High School
College
Elementary Level: First Contact Between Europeans and Native Americans
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using our lesson, First Contact. Students in this video decode two opposing paintings to understand how Europeans impacted Native American life.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Elementary Level: Decoding Money
Related to kit: Introducing Africa: Critical Thinking and Media Literacy
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Introducing Africa. Students in this video compare two African currencies to the U.S. Dollar to gain insight about cultural differences.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Critical Thinking and Health: Media Literacy Lessons for Elementary Grades
Related to kit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
This webinar offers pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials to help young children understand biases and misleading messages found in food advertising and toy commercials aimed at them, including cereal ads and advertising for foods and beverages that imply they have a lot of fruit in them. Part of the webinar specifically focuses on gender techniques and gender stereotyping in toy commercials.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Lesson Elements
Health
Lower Elementary
Elementary Level: Gender In Children's Commercials
Related to kit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Critical Thinking and Health. Students in this video decode the commercial "Magic Kissing Dragons" to analyze media messaging about gender.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Elementary Level: Paintings of George Washington and King George
Related to kit: Causes of the American Revolution
An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Causes of the American Revolution. Students in this video decode differences in paintings of George Washington and King George.
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Constructivist Media Decoding
Social Studies
Lower Elementary
Upper Elementary
Piaget and the Power Rangers: What Can Theories of Developmental Psychology Tell Us About Children and Media?
Theories of developmental psychology can help to interpret evidence related to how children of different ages are affected differently by media consumption. By Cyndy Scheibe, 20 Questions About Youth and Media, Vol. 48 No. 1, September 2007
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Media Violence And Conflict Resolution
Psychology
Lower Elementary