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Heroes for Animal Protection
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a book and video about songbird steward Rachel Carson and composing a social message about being an animal steward.
This lesson is part of a "kit" or collection of media decoding lessons on a particular topic. You can explore that kit using the link below:
Unit: Animals (lower elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
Heroes for Plant Protection
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a book and video about tree steward Wangari Maathai and composing a social message about being a plant steward.
This lesson is part of a "kit" or collection of media decoding lessons on a particular topic. You can explore that kit using the link below:
Playlist: English Language ArtsUnit: Plants (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
Heroes for Water Protection
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a book and video about water steward Marion Stoddart and composing a social message about being a water steward.
This lesson is part of a "kit" or collection of media decoding lessons on a particular topic. You can explore that kit using the link below:
Unit: Water (lower elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Individual, Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
High Fructose Corn Syrup? Is There a Problem? Who Says?
Students analyze a commercial from the Corn Refiners Association, a blog post from an industry-supported group and an article from the Union of Concerned Scientists for messages about the health impacts of high fructose corn syrup, the spread of scientific misinformation and how funders influence media messages.
High School, College
Individual, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 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
How Does the World Look? Questioning Maps
Students analyze different world map projections to identify point of view or bias in maps.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
How False Statistics Spread in the Digital World
In this media literacy activity students analyze a newspaper headline and photo, a tweet, an academic journal and a university survey for messages about the spread of false information via different media sources.
High School, College
Whole Class
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
Incan Religion – What Sources Should I Use?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from different media documents – a young adult fiction book, a Wikipedia article, a Twinkl education page, a magazine article, a tourism webpage, a documentary film and an animated children’s film – to assess the credibility and usefulness of each source for research on Incan religion.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
30-60 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
Internet Messages About Toys: What’s the Purpose?
In this media literacy activity, students analyze a toy commercial, an educational video and a clip from an animated film for messages about the purpose of media messages.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
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
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
Islam in Brief
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing bias and objectivity in encyclopedia articles about Islam.
This lesson is part of a "kit" or collection of media decoding lessons on a particular topic. You can explore that kit using the link below:
Playlist: English Language ArtsUnit: Militant Muslims and the U.S.
Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
Individual, Pair, Whole Class
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
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
Lemmings: Documentary Film Clip Decoding
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on the influence of the media on people's beliefs about science and teaching ways to check the validity of questionable claims.
Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Liquids in Spiderman vs. Hydroman
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from an educational video on the changing states of water and a Spiderman vs. Hydroman cartoon for representations of the liquid state of water.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Louis XIV & Absolute Monarchy: Media Messages from the Time
Students analyze media documents from the era of Louis XIV - an oil painting, a royal medal, an excerpt from John Locke’s “Treatise on Government” and an excerpt from a French travel memoir - for messages about absolute monarchy, media forms and historical context.
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Mapping Ancient Civilizations: Who’s Included and Who’s Not?
In this media literacy activity students analyze the bias and techniques used in maps of ancient civilizations.
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes