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Starter Kit for Elementary Library & Information Literacy 3-5
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
Upper Elementary
Starter Kit for Elementary Health 3-5
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
Upper Elementary
Starter Kit for Elementary All Subjects 3-5
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
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Arts
Psychology
Media Production
Upper 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
Briefing: Project Look Sharp's Decoding Media Constructions and Sustainability
Antonio Lopez, in his coda to Greening Media Education, summarizes the complex set of skills needed “to bring ecologically oriented cultural practice into the realm of media education (which) promotes systems thinking, collaborative learning, critical thinking, lifelong learning and digital media literacy.” This article offers cases studies of two Look Sharp lessons, one for elementary age students and another for upper level high school, each of which was designed with these skills in mind as a way to bring Lopez’s vision into practice in the classroom.
Sustainability Education and Media Literacy
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
This article looks at how the topic of climate change can often provoke deep emotions in students, and suggests that instead of shying away, teachers should use media literacy activities to foster discussions of what the future holds. The author stresses the importance of connecting to the emotional lives of students when raising the complex issues around sustainability.
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Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Do No Harm
Question Design
Social Studies
Science And Environment
Upper Elementary
Middle School
High School
College
Teaching Media Literacy & Sustainability for Younger Learners
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
This webinar offers pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials to support a deeper understanding of how to use media documents that: support content teaching about water quality, climate change and hunger, introduce media production as a way to deepen media literacy awareness, and encourage core subject integration of ELA, math, science and social studies.
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Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Document Selection
Question Design
Lesson Elements
Lesson Conception
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Media Production
Upper Elementary
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
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
Media Violence & Conflict Resolution
This 2-hour workshop explores the potential effects of verbal and physical violence shown in movies, TV, and video games on children and teens, and demonstrates ways in which K-8 teachers, community educators, and parents can address these effects through discussion and media literacy activities.
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Do No Harm
Social Studies
Psychology
Upper Elementary
Middle School