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Wash Your Hands – What’s the Right Way?

In this media literacy activity students analyze a comic, a graphic, a music video and a public service announcement for messages about the best way to wash your hands to protect yourself from getting sick.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Blog Post, Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

COVID-19 and the Economy: Conflicting Priorities

In this media literacy activity students analyze two opinion pieces for messages about how to manage the economy during a global health crisis.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

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.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy

COVID-19 & Climate Change: Graphing the Connection

In this media literacy activity students analyze online graphs and text for messages about the connections between the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Chart/graph, Informational Text, News - Print, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Journalism, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

Changing Our Media Habits: The Impact of the Pandemic

In this media literacy activity students analyze charts, graphs and illustrations for messages about media consumption changes as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Illustration
Subject Areas
Math, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Confirmation Bias, Coronavirus and the 2020 Presidential Campaign

Students analyze a political ad, a tweet and a fact-checking article for confirmation bias and credibility of sources.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Informational Text, Social Media, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Conspiracy Theories About COVID-19: Who’s Selling? Who’s Buying?

In this media literacy activity students analyze media documents that allege conspiracies related to the coronavirus. Students then analyze media messages for credibility and reflect on their own biases in interpreting conspiracy theories.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Magazine, News - Print, Social Media, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Faces of COVID-19 – Artists as Activists

In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos about the human faces of COVID-19 for messages about how artists work to humanize the pandemic.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Documentary Film, News - Video, Photograph, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Sociology

Misinformation About COVID-19: How to Figure It out

In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about what to do about misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Editorial Opinion, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Polarized America: Political Conventions 2020

In this media literacy activity students analyze montages of clips from the 2020 Democratic and Republican conventions for messages about target audience and polarization of the electorate.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Psychology, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Social Media Goes Viral: Fact Checking Messages About COVID-19

In this media literacy activity students analyze a text message, a Facebook post, a webpage from a fact checking organization and a tweet from the World Health Organization for messages about credibility of Internet information about precautionary health measures for COVID-19.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Informational Text, Social Media, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Consumer Education, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Trusting Web Videos on COVID-19 (Or Not)

In this media literacy activity students analyze for credibility four video clips of people giving prevention advice during the Covid-19 crisis: President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a New York City primary care doctor during an online family information session, and a naturopathic doctor during a televangelist TV program. These were all posted online in March of 2020.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, News - Video, Speech, Television Commercial, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Vaccine Nationalism and Global Equity: Who Gets the Shots When?

In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the ethics of global vaccine access.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Life Sciences, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

“The Truth About Coronavirus” - Google Searching For COVID-19

In this media literacy activity students analyze results from two Google searches, one for “coronavirus” and one for “the real truth about coronavirus,” to reflect on the impact of search terms on the sources that Google recommends.  

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

RX For an Infodemic: Media Decoding, COVID-19, and Online Teaching

After describing the historical, political and social causes of our viral age of “fake news,” this article explore how constructivist media decoding provides a methodology for addressing the polarization of truth, with examples of how this work can be done in the classroom through face-to-face and virtual learning.


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Middle School, High School, College

Subject Areas
ARTICLE
Constructivist Media Decoding


Social Studies
English Language Arts