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India's Rise in the Global Economy
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about India's economy in magazine covers and newspaper front pages.
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Kit: Global Media PerspectivesHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Indigenous Media Making: Affirming Identity
Students analyze short videos from TikTok, a feature film, a video game, Hip-Hop video, and a documentary film for messages related to Indigenous identity and cultural pride.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Indigenous Representations of Cultural Pride and Resilience
Students analyze videos produced by Native Americans (Inuit, Haudenosaunee, Hopi and Hawaiian) for messages about the contributions and resilience of Indigenous nations and peoples.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
International Climate Agreements: How the Decisions of Government Officials Can Potentially Impact Climate Change
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two op-eds for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of the Trump adminstration's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords..
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Internet Messages About Toys: What’s the Purpose?
In this media literacy activity, students analyze a toy commercial, an educational video and a clip from an animated film for messages about the purpose of media messages.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Economics, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Interrelationships: Human & Buffalo
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about the interdependent relationships between people and buffalo.
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Unit: BiodiversityKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Introduction to Capitalism
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing two brief videos with contrasting perspectives about capitalism and free markets.
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Kit: Economics in U.S. History: A Media Literacy KitMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology
Invasive Species: How Do We Stop an Invasion?
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a poster and a webpage for messages about the impact of introducing invasive species into an ecosystem.
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Unit: BiodiversityKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Is There a Future in Oil?
Students analyze two video clips for mesages about fossil fuel production.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics
Is This Cereal Healthy? How Can You Find Out?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal box advertisements for messages about health and nutrition.
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Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Islam and Cultural Identity in Europe
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing four brief videos with contrasting perspectives about the experience of Muslim women wearing headscarves in Europe
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Playlist: Global StudiesKit: Global Media Perspectives
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology
Islam in Brief
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing bias and objectivity in encyclopedia articles about Islam.
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Playlist: English Language ArtsUnit: Militant Muslims and the U.S.
Kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East
High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Global Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Islamic Majorities and Minorities
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing media messages about Muslims in web pages and magazine covers from the Philippines and Indonesia.
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Kit: Global Media PerspectivesHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Judy Heumann: Disability Activism in Video
Students analyze short video clips from different video genres for messages about how Judy Heumann pushed for civil rights for people with disabilities.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
Lemmings: Documentary Film Clip Decoding
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on the influence of the media on people's beliefs about science and teaching ways to check the validity of questionable claims.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Let Us Tell You About the Animals Where We Live
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing various media documents focused on messages about human impacts on animals and creating a simple video production based on impacts to animals where you live and action ideas to protect them.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Animals (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Let Us Tell You About the Bodies of Water Where We Live
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing book covers for messages about water-centered disasters related to oil spills, drought and hurricanes and creating a simple video production based on impacts to your region's water bodies and action ideas to protect them.
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Unit: Water (lower elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Let Us Tell You About the Plants Where We Live
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing book covers focused on different messages about human impacts on plants and creating a simple video production based on impacts to plants and action ideas to protect them.
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Unit: Plants (lower elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Lower Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Life on the Inside
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on messages about prison life and survival within prison.
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Unit: Prison JusticeKit: Media Constructions of Social Justice
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Living Wage
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing two opinion pieces about Living Wage laws.
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Playlist: Economics & Social JusticeKit: Economics in U.S. History: A Media Literacy Kit
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts