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Stalin
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the Soviet Union under the leadership of Joseph Stalin.
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Unit: StalinKit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Standing Rock Dakota Pipeline Controversy
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze an op-ed and a web page for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of the Dakota Access pipeline..
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
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Stereotyping Arabs and Muslims
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing stereotypes and counter-stereotypes of Arabs and Muslims in four brief clips from popular media sources.
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Unit: Militant Muslims and the U.S.Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology
Suffragists on Film
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to teach about tactics used by suffragists toward achieving the vote.
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Unit: Women's SuffrageKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
TV Totalitarianism
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing how Saddam Hussein used a music video to convey messages about his role as supreme leader.
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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
Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Tarred and Feathered
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about the impact of the Stamp Act on the American colonists.
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Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
Teaching the Enslavement of African People in the Americas
In this media literacy activity students analyze an executive summary from a research report, an opinion piece in a newspaper and a post in an online community site for messages about how and why we teach about the history of slavery.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Thanksgiving: Who’s Telling the Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze short videos for messages about the meanings and impacts of the stories surrounding Thanksgiving.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy
The Challenge of Change
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing a passage from Dr. King's book, "Where Do We Go From Here" and letters to the editor on naming a local street for Dr King.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr.Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
The Cold War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about Soviet perspectives on the Cold War.
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Unit: The Cold War (Soviet Posters)Kit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies
The End of the USSR
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the fall of the Soviet Union.
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Playlist: Global StudiesUnit: The End of the USSR
Kit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies
The Great Patriotic War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using posters to teach about the Soviet Union during World War Two.
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Unit: The Great Patriotic WarKit: Soviet History Through Posters: A Visual Literacy Kit
High School, College
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies
The Gulf War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using Newsweek magazine covers to teach the history of the Gulf War.
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Kit: Media Constructions of War: A Critical Reading of HistoryHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Jessica Lynch Rescue: News, Propaganda or Entertainment
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson contrasting four media representations of a news story.
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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
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Politics of Maps
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson exploring bias in the representation of the historical geography of Israel/Palestine through analysis of 12 maps from diverse sources.
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Unit: Israel/Palestine: Histories in ConflictKit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Global Studies, Sociology
The Public Trust - Doctrine Government's Role in Protecting Natural Resources for the Future
This is a media literacy activity in which students analyze two video clips for different techniques in portraying messages about young people who are suing the government to demand that it protect future generations from the impacts of global climate change.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
The Rebels
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about Loyalist perspectives during the American Revolution.
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Kit: Causes of the American RevolutionUpper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
The Roots of Democracy in the United States: Iroquois or Athens?
In this media literacy activity students analyze two videos for messages about the roots of U.S. democracy with the Native American Iroquois confederacy and historic Athenian democracy as points of reference.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico: Whose Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two films for conflicting messages about the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
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High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology
The U.S. Exits Afghanistan: Lessons from the Newspaper Front Pages
Students analyze newspaper front pages from August 2021 for messages about media representation of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan.
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Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts