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Searching for Answers: Google vs. a Database
Students analyze a Google search return and a Gale in context database search (on “climate”) for messages about credibility and reliability of Internet search sources for purposes of academic research.
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High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Webpage
Subject Areas
Decoding Data Centers - Media Messages and Bias
Students analyze a video advertisement, a local news story, a TikTok video and an infographic for messages about data centers, sourcing and bias.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Animated Film, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Video, Social Media, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Bias in Charts: Temperature and Climate Change
Students analyze a chart from NASA and a tweet from the National Review for messages about climate change and bias in media construction of charts.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Chart/graph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Math, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Tracking Climate Urgency: 30 years of IPCC Reports
Students analyze short quotes from Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports from 1990-2020 for messages about scientific conclusions and persuasive language related to the climate crisis.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Informational Text
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Video Games & Climate: Analyzing Constructions of the Future
Students analyze video game trailers for messages about climate change and possible futures, about storytelling and marketing techniques and about whether video games can impact social change.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media
Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
The webinar offers high school educators and teachers-in-training pedagogical techniques and free curriculum materials to support a deeper understanding of how to use a wide variety of media forms across the historical spectrum - media from 19th century portraits, songs and handbills, to 21st century websites, twitter and email - to study historical context and to question their credibility.
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High School
Subject Areas
WEBINAR
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Do No Harm
Document Selection
Lesson Conception
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Do No Harm
Document Selection
Lesson Conception
Social Studies
Climate Change Through Time Magazine Covers
Students analyze Time magazine covers from 1970-2022 for messages about how climate change has been represented in a mainstream magazine and the choices magazine designers make in selling their products.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Sociology
Climate Change Through Memes
Students analyze memes for messages about climate change and about how memes as a media form impact social change.
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Middle School, High School
Under 15 Minutes
Social Media
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Environmental Studies
Climate Change Through Movie Posters
Students analyze film posters from 2004-2022 for messages about how climate change has been represented in cinema, and the impact of film socially and personally.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Documentary Film, Feature Film, Illustration
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, Environmental Studies
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.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Illustration, Literature, Photograph
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
UN Sustainable Development Goals and Graphics
Students analyze icons for messages about graphic design and the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School
30-60 Minutes
Illustration
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
A History of Global Warming in Science, Politics, and the Media
Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how global warming has been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception.
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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: Climate ChangeHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Chart/graph, Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics
Poverty: Climate Change & Water Security
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web pages for messages about the conditions that make people living in poverty extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
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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: Economics & Social JusticeUnit: Climate Change & Water
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Editorial Cartoon, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
What's So Funny about Climate Change? Editorial Cartoon Opinions
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze six editorial cartoons for conflicting perspectives on the direness of the threat of climate change.
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Playlist: Climate ChangeUpper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Editorial Cartoon, Web Video
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Carbon Trading: Arguments for and Against
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a webpage from the World Economic Forum and an online comic book for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of carbon trading.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Editorial Cartoon, Webpage
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology
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.
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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Illustration, Informational Text, Literature
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Corporate Greenwashing?: Exxon and ClimateTrth.org
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode an ExxonMobil commercial and an environmental advocacy video for conflicting messages about corporate advertising credibility and about human impact on the environment.
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Middle School, High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Apocalyptic Weather Systems in Movies: Science Fact or Science Fiction
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a brief clip from the feature film, "The Day After Tomorrow" and a science blog post for conflicting perspectives on the potential impacts of extreme weather events related to global climate change.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Feature Film, Webpage, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Assessing Carbon Footprints
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the carbon footprint implications for various products using short readings and "green" advertisements culminating in student reflection on personal consumer choice as it relates to sustainability.
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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: Climate ChangeHigh School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Informational Text, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Economics
Black Lives Matter and Climate Change: What's the Connection?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a news article and an opinion piece about the connections between the Black Lives Matter movement and climate change for issues related to social and scientific content and geographical context.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Editorial Opinion, News - Print
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology