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Rainforest Biodiversity

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on the impacts to rainforest biodiversity by monoculture plantations.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology

Rapping the Revolution: Music and Social Change in Iran

Students analyze excerpts from five short Iranian music videos for messages about the causes of the protests in Iran in 2022 and the role of music in revolution.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song, Web Video, Music/song
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

Raptors in the Media

Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a website and a YouTube screen shot for messages about media forms, osprey, eagles and condors and environmental concerns.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Magazine, Photograph, Poster, Social Media, Web Video
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Rating Media Credibility – Who’s Behind the Curtain?

In this media literacy activity students analyze websites for messages about how funders and advisors influence bias.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Chart/graph, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Real Bugs TV Commercial Decoding

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on stereotyping by analyzing a TV comercial.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Recycling: What’s the Problem?

Students analyze a commercial and clips from documentaries for messages about recycling, its attraction to consumers and industry and its limitations.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Reforestation: Carbon Sequestration

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from the documentary films "Green Gold" and "The Salt of the Earth" for different representations of reforestation as a means to sequester carbon and restore degraded ecosystems.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies

Refrigeration Management: A Global Solution to Reverse Global Warming

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode three videos for the impact of refrigeration gases on climate change.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics

Regulating Social Media: How About It?

Students analyze five short video clips for different messages about the regulation of social media.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media

Remember the Alamo

Students analyze feature film, educational video and TV news clips for the reasons behind the1836 Battle of the Alamo, the credibility of media messages, and how cultural and historical context shapes how history is presented and viewed.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

News - Video, Web Video, Feature Film, Web Video, Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Remembering the American Revolution

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing John Adams' ideas about defining what the revolution was.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

Removing Plastic from the Ocean: From Trash to Art

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short videos about artistic repurposing of plastic trash for messages about artistic expression of human impacts to the environment.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies

Renewable Energy Sources - Who's Running the Numbers?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing written text, web pages and bar graphs to discern messages about renewable energy use.

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Upper Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Webpage
Subject Areas
Math, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Representations of Asian People in the Media

In this media literacy activity students analyze video clips for messages about media stereotypes and cultural respect of people of Asian descent.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Documentary Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology

Representations of Enslavement in South Carolina – Context is Everything

In this media literacy activity students analyze primary and secondary texts from the 19th, 20th & 21st century for messages about African slavery in South Carolina.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Pre-service Teacher Education

Responding to Global Problems: Analyzing Keys to Success and Recipes for Failure

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from internet video talks for conflicting perspectives on the potential for large- or small-scale remedies to solve global-level problems.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Speech, Speech, Web Video
Subject Areas
Psychology, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Rising Sea Refugees

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze short excerpts from two documentary films for different representations on the impacts of rising seas on human populations.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Sociology

Rosie the Riveter: Depiction of Women During WWII

Students will compare three illustrations depicting Rosie the Riveter, from 1943 and 2017 to analyze gender messages and historical context.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Magazine, Poster
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts, Career/Vocational Education

Same Land- Different Histories

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing three textbook excerpts about the history of Israel/Palestine.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Science or Fiction – Does Carrying an Umbrella in a Thunderstorm Make You More Likely to be Hit by Lightning?

Students analyze a cartoon and a weather channel video for messages about whether carrying an umbrella is potentially hazardous and about credibility in Internet videos.

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Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts