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Media Constructions of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence
Students analyze diverse media forms related to John Trumbull’s famous painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence for messages about the event, the credibility and qualities of different media forms, and about American history.
Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Wellness Claims and Social Media
Students analyze social media posts with health/wellness claims and evaluate their credibility.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Deepfakes: What Do We Believe? What Do We Share?
Students evaluate Internet images and videos as fake or true and reflect on how confirmation bias impacts our judgments.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Picturing the Underground Railroad: Historical Context Through Book Covers
Students analyze three book covers to understand historical context, to reflect on how identity impacts interpretation, and to discuss the role of media makers in crafting historical representations.
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Fyre Festival: Gender, Wealth and Happiness in Social Media
Students analyze a short video ad and social media posts for messages about gender, wealth and success; to assess the credibility of media messages; and to reflect on the role media play in shaping our views.
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Charting Media Coverage of War: Israel/Palestine
Students analyze charts with text excerpts from articles for messages about bias in media coverage of the Israel Hamas war, to analyze the bias in the construction of the charts, and to reflect on their own interpretations.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
UN Sustainable Development Goals and Graphics
Students analyze icons for messages about graphic design and the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
30-60 Minutes
Animals and Images: What do you See?
Students analyze different types of images for messages about image forms and about reptiles, amphibians and dinosaurs.
Lower Elementary
Under 15 Minutes
GMO Yes or No - Decoding Movie Trailers
Students analyze two short movie trailers for messages about GMOs, to ask and answer questions about sourcing and credibility, and to reflect on their own confirmation biases.
Middle School, High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Pride Month: Representation and Authorship
Students analyze short Pride Month videos for messages about LGBTQ history and culture and its representation.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Lower Elementary
Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
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.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Kerblam!*! - Violence in Comics
Students analyze comic book covers for messages about violence and about the differences between realistic fiction and fantasy.
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Comic Superheroes and Historical Context
Students analyze comic book covers for messages about historical context and book cover design techniques.
Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Bias in School Curriculum: News Report or Analysis?
Students analyze a news report and news analysis about bias in school curriculum and about how their own biases influence their interpretations and responses.
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Vaccine Safety - Exploring Our Own Biases
Students analyze two short news videos about the safety and speed of the creation of the mRNA Covid vaccine, about sourcing and credibility of the videos and the scientific information presented in them, and about their own confirmation biases.
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Winter Holidays Around the World
Students analyze book covers for messages about winter holidays around the world and about book covers as media messages.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
The Murders of Osage Indians: Media Forms, Qualities, and Credibility
Students will explore how different media forms represent the history of the Osage murders, the credibility of sources, and their own preferences.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Physics or Fiction - Will Tango and Cash get electrocuted?
After viewing clips from a feature film and web videos, students will identify messages about electrical currents and shock, analyze sources and credibility, and reflect on strategies for finding accurate information.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Under 15 Minutes
Asian American and Pacific Islander History and Culture: Representation and Authorship
Students analyze short videos for messages about Asian American and Pacific Islander histories and cultures and their representation.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
A.I. – Pros, Cons, Credibility and Bias
Students analyze short videos for messages about the pros and cons of artificial intelligence, the bias and credibility of each source, and our own thinking about the issue.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Japanese Internment During WW2
Students analyze four short video representations about Japanese internment during WWII for messages about this event, how it is constructed, its historical and cultural context, and our understanding of history.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Mediated AI: Artificial Intelligence in Feature Film
Students analyze film excerpts from the 1950s to the 2020s for messages about the impacts of artificial intelligence on society.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
The Chinese Exclusion Act - Media and Messages
Students analyze late 19th and early 20th century legislation and Senate testimony, legal documents, political cartoons, a pamphlet and handbill, a newspaper front page and illustration and advertisements for messages about Chinese immigrants and the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Our Changing Planet: Climate, SEL, and Media Literacy for Our Youngest Students
Students analyze excerpts from a picture book for messages about the impact of climate change and the actions people can take for the planet - while also reflecting on their emotional responses and the intent of the author/illustrator.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Math, Media, and Me
Students analyze web videos and feature film clips for messages about how mathematicians solve complex problems, our own reactions to math, and media portrayals of math problem solving.
Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Migrant Mother: Photos as Fact or Opinion
Students analyze Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” photograph and reflect on the constructed nature of photographs by evaluating whether photographs are fact, opinion, or something else.
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Is This Media? How Can You Tell?
Students analyze an array of images for messages about what is media.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Under 15 Minutes
Zero: Who Invented It and How Do We Know?
Students analyze short videos for messages about zero, when and where it was invented, the credibility and point of view of information, and about the influence of culture on history.
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Trails of Tears: Who's Telling the Stories and How?
Students analyze videos about the Cherokee trails of tears for messages about techniques, credibility and sourcing.
Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
TikTok Timebombs: Methods of Media Manipulation
Students analyze and evaluate the accuracy, purpose and techniques of manipulation in TikTok videos, and reflect on their own reactions and biases.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Pocahontas: Can We Really Know Who She Was?
Students analyze clips from videos for messages about Pocahontas and about judging the credibility of contemporary sources about historical events.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Veterans’ Statues: Reading the Messages
Students analyze sculptures of war veterans for messages about purpose, point of view and meaning.
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Where's the Media? How Can You Tell?
Students analyze an array of images of potential new and old media forms for messages about what constitutes media and the purposes of media through the ages.
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Hate Culture, the Internet, and What Can We Do?
Students analyze videos for messages about how digital platforms, especially social media, accelerate hate ideology and about actions people can take to challenge hate speech.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
The Early Feminists and Haudenosaunee Women: The Origins of Women’s Rights in the U.S.
Students analyze and ask questions about a 1914 political cartoon and a 2020 documentary film clip for messages about the impact of Haudenosaunee women on the early women’s rights movement in the United States.
Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Remember the Alamo
Students analyze feature film, educational video and TV news clips for the reasons behind the1836 Battle of the Alamo, the credibility of media messages, and how cultural and historical context shapes how history is presented and viewed.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Columbus “Discovers” America: What’s The Story?
Students analyze three illustrations for messages about Columbus and the Tainos, and reflect on changing perspectives on history.
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me
Students analyze book covers and pages from various children’s books to determine personal preferences in reading for a variety of purposes.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Baby Shark: Introducing Analysis Skills
Students analyze the viral video “Baby Shark” to practice observation, link evidence to a document, assess what is true and not about sharks, and reflect on the credibility of media messages.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Rapping the Revolution: Music and Social Change in Iran
Students analyze excerpts from five short Iranian music videos for messages about the causes of the protests in Iran in 2022 and the role of music in revolution.
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Political Memes and Bias: What Resonates, What’s True and What Do We Share?
Students analyze political memes about Trump and Biden to think about their purpose and target audience, how to determine their accuracy/credibility, and to reflect on their own biases and critical thinking.
High School, College
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Science or Fiction – Does Carrying an Umbrella in a Thunderstorm Make You More Likely to be Hit by Lightning?
Students analyze a cartoon and a weather channel video for messages about whether carrying an umbrella is potentially hazardous and about credibility in Internet videos.
Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
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.
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Global Perspectives Through Movie Posters
Students analyze pairs of movie posters advertising the same film for different national audiences for messages about cultural perspectives and design choices.
Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Censoring Seuss: Cancel Culture or Cultural Respect?
Students evaluate pages from Dr. Seuss books that were removed by the family for perpetuating stereotypes and then analyze a tweet and replies that includes support and criticism for censoring those images - discussing both the issues and the civility of the comments.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
How Much Fruit is in this Drink? How Can You Tell?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode juice containers for messages about health and nutrition.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Is This Cereal Healthy? How Can You Find Out?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal box advertisements for messages about health and nutrition.
Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
The Face of Cereal: Using Cartoon Characters to Persuade Children
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal packages for messages about health and advertising.
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Dinosaurs: What’s True and What’s Not?
Students analyze messages about dinosaurs in a film, an advertisement, a website, a video game, a TV program and a fiction and non-fiction book - and assess the credibility of each source.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes