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Comic Superheroes and Historical Context
Students analyze comic book covers for messages about historical context and book cover design techniques.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
For Peace or Against Oppression?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the World War Two period.
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Unit: World War TwoKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Veterans’ Statues: Reading the Messages
Students analyze sculptures of war veterans for messages about purpose, point of view and meaning.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
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
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
Rosie the Riveter: Depiction of Women During WWII
Students will compare three illustrations depicting Rosie the Riveter, from 1943 and 2017 to analyze gender messages and historical context.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
The Great Patriotic War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the Soviet Union during World War Two.
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Unit: The Great Patriotic WarKit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies
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To Kill or Not To Kill
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on military service during World War Two.
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Unit: World War TwoKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
World War II D-Day - Two Views of History: Soviet and American
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode U.S. and Soviet history texts for conflicting perspectives about D-Day and the liberation of France.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
U.S. History Textbooks Messages About Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Students analyze excerpts from two U.S, history textbooks for messages about President Truman's decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan and about author's point of view in media messages . This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “For Peace or Against Oppression?”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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Middle School, High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
World War 2 Student Peace Posters
Students analyze 6 World War 2 era student peace posters for messages about war making, visual symbols and wartime propaganda. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “For Peace or Against Oppression?”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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Middle School, High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
After the War: Civil Rights
Students analyze two posters from the mid-1940s for messages about the origins of the civil rights/Black freedom movement and about historical context. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Challenging White Supremacy." 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
Subject Areas
US History