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Social Media & Trigonometry: What's the Best Explanation?

Students analyze a YouTube video, an Instagram post and a TikTok video for messages about trigonometric functions and about the effectiveness of social media videos to learn and teach math.

Grade Level: High School
Subject: Math, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts

Way to Go! Decoding Media about Transportation

Students analyze an ebook, an animated video and a ”Kids News” video for messages about transportation choices, environmental impact, media forms and target audience.

Grade Level: Lower Elementary
Subject: Health, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Bias in Charts: Race, Gender, Education, and Income

Students analyze charts from the New York Times and a blog post for messages about income related to race and gender and about credibility and bias in media construction of charts.

Grade Level: High School
Subject: Math, Journalism, Economics, Sociology

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Pride and Protest

With June designated as LGBTQ Pride Month, the analysis of media messages about gender and sexual identities is particularly relevant – including lessons in the unit on Gay Liberation in the curriculum kit, "Media Constructions of Social Justice."

It’s Different This Time

In a deeply personal blog post, Project Look Sharp’s Executive Director reflects on the roles that media have played in bringing us face-to-face with racial violence and police brutality, and how her own lived experience as a media literacy educator in a family of color have made a difference.

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