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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.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Comic Superheroes and Historical Context
Students analyze comic book covers for messages about historical context and book cover design techniques.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Hear Our Voices
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the women's suffrage movement in the United States.
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Unit: Women's SuffrageKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Which Side Are You On?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the U.S. labor movement between Reconstruction and World War One.
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Unit: Early Labor MovementKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Challenging White Supremacy
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the black freedom/civil rights movement in the United States.
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Unit: Black Freedom/Civil RightsKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Claiming Feminist Identities
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the late 20th century women's liberation movement in the U.S.
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Unit: Women's LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
The Law of Immigration
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of immigration reform debates in the U.S since the early 20th century.
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Unit: Immigrant RightsKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology
Out and Affirmed
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of the gay liberation movement in the U.S.
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Unit: Gay LiberationKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Prisons- Justice or Injustice
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the prison justice movement from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
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Playlist: Economics & Social JusticeUnit: Prison Justice
Kit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Questioning Manifest Destiny
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about efforts to oppose manifest destiny during the Indian Wars, Mexican War and Philippine-American War.
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Unit: Wars of Manifest Destiny: Indian, Mexican and Spanish American WarsKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
Peace or Liberty?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during World War One.
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Unit: World War OneKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
For Peace or Against Oppression?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the World War Two period.
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Unit: World War TwoKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
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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Playlist: Climate ChangeHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics
The War in Editorial Cartoons
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing issues related to the Iraq War by identifying messages and stereotypes in editorial cartoons.
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Unit: War in Iraq: Whose Voice, Whose Story?Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
Latin American Immigration in Editorial Cartoons
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about U.S. immigration in editorial cartoons from 5 Latin American countries.
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Kit: Global Media PerspectivesHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Intolerable Acts
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about political cartoons and the Intolerable Acts.
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Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
History of Chemicals in the Environment
Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how chemicals in the environment have been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include pesticides, fertilizer, gasoline additives and persistent organic pollutants.
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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Chemicals in the EnvironmentMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology
History of Endangered Species
Media literacy and critical thinking unit using diverse media imagery to teach about how endangered species have been perceived by people in the U.S. and how the media has constructed that public perception. Focus topics include indigenous perspectives, whaling, habitat destruction and the Endangered Species Act.
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Kit: Media Constructions of the Environment: Endangered SpeciesMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
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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Playlist: Economics & Social JusticeUnit: Climate Change & Water
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
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
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts