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No More Kings: Comparing Representations of the American Revolution
Students analyze and compare excerpts from the 1976 School House Rocks animated short and the 2025 PBS series, “The American Revolution” to identify historical and cultural context and bias, and to reflect on historical interpretation. This lesson was adapted from a lesson in the kit: Causes of the Revolutionary War that includes 10 elementary and middle school lessons.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
The Boston Tea Party: Credibility and Bias in History
Students analyze a variety of text, image and video messages about the Boston Tea Party to learn about credibility, authorship, bias, and interpretation.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History, Civics And Government, Library/Information Literacy
AI Friends
Students analyze content and sourcing of the short video “Friend Reveal Trailer, “discuss the benefits and concerns of using an AI “Companion,” and discuss their opinions on the new technology.
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Middle School, High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Predators and Fairy Tales
Students analyze the book covers and plot points of classic fairy tales and nonfiction books to determine the messages about predators and prey.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Framing AI: Metaphors, Meanings, and Mindsets
Students analyze diverse visual metaphors for artificial intelligence, reflect on the power of mediated metaphors in shaping public perceptions, and articulate their own views, questions and concerns about AI.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
The War in Gaza: Whose Perspective?
Students analyze brief text excerpts for messages about the Gaza War and about bias in media message construction and interpretation.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, Civics And Government, Global Studies
The American Revolution: Nine Views
Students analyze conflicting interpretations of the American Revolution for messages about how identity and historical context shape interpretations of events.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History, Civics And Government
Free Speech in the Digital Age
Students analyze the First Amendment, Supreme Court rulings and contemporary opinion writings for messages about the rights and limitations of free speech in the digital age and on identifying opinion in media documents.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History, Civics And Government
Tariffs in Political Cartoons Across Three Centuries
Students analyze political cartoons from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries for messages about tariffs, historical context and editorial cartooning.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Consumer Education, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy
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
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media
Bias in Charts: What Caused the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster?
Students analyze a news video and graphs from NASA related to the space shuttle Challenger disaster for messages about the causes of the explosion and about credibility and bias in graphs.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Math, Journalism, Physical Sciences, US History, Sociology
Spend, Save, & Share: Decoding Media About Money
Students consider the purpose of and uses for money by analyzing an Ebook, a Sesame Workshop video clip and a webpage illustration using the “Spend, Save, and Share” framework.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Consumer Education, Economics
What is the Internet?
Students analyze Google image search returns for messages about the Internet, its impact on society and the impact of media messages.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Pedagogical Approaches Through the Lens of Film
Students analyze clips from feature films and a TV series for messages about the impact of representations of teaching in media messages and about teaching practice.
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College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts, Pre-service Teacher Education
Shark Attack! Fear, Media Bias, and Impact
Students analyze media messages about sharks for credibility, purpose and impact and to reflect on fear perpetuated by the media.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Peace Begins with Me: Decoding Media about Peace
Students analyze a poster and videos for messages about peace, the purposes of media, and about student responses to media messages.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
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
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
Subject Areas
Math, Environmental Studies, Global Studies
Cinematic Stereotyping - High School Teachers in the Movies
Students analyze a Google search and clips from feature films for messages about stereotypes of teachers, about the impact of film representations of teaching and about the pedagogical process of question-based, student-centered constructivist media decoding.
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College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts, Pre-service Teacher Education
Clickbaiting Our Emotions: AI Deepfakes
Students analyze a social media post and a TV news report for messages about A.I. deepfakes and assessing credibility of media messages.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media