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Additional Practice Videos for First Grade

A set of 10 video advertisements for children's toys and breakfast cereals with decoding prompts for messages about target audience, advertising tricks and disclaimers.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Additional Practice Videos for Kindergarten

A set of 11 video advertisements for children's toys and breakfast cereals with decoding prompts for messages about target audience, advertising tricks and disclaimers.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Animals

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about dogs and endangered species. Writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting actions to protect animals.

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Lower Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Illustration, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, ELA/English Language Arts

Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Fruits & Vegetables

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about carrot-related food products and writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting healthy eating habits.

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Lower Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Commercial, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education, ELA/English Language Arts

Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Water

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about bottled water and vitamin water and writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting their water consumption design for a healthy body, budget and earth.

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Lower Elementary

Over 60 Minutes

Television Commercial, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, ELA/English Language Arts

Baby Shark: Introducing Analysis Skills

Students analyze the viral video “Baby Shark” to practice observation, link evidence to a document, assess what is true and not about sharks, and reflect on the credibility of media messages.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Music/song, Web Video
Subject Areas
Music, Life Sciences, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Butterflies in the Media

Students analyze a magazine cover, a T-shirt, a book cover, a webpage, a button and a comic for messages about butterflies, endangered species and media forms.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Magazine, Webpage
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Cereal Commercials

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing the concept of a "complete breakfast," identifying packaging clues about sugar in cereal and recognizing tricks in the construction of breakfast cereal commercials.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes, 30-60 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education

Commercials, Part 1

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing the concept of advertiser intent and tricks in the construction of TV commercials.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education

Commercials, Part 2

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing the concept of target audience and tricks in the construction of TV commercials.

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Lower Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Television Commercial
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education

Confirmation Bias, Coronavirus and the 2020 Presidential Campaign

Students analyze a political ad, a tweet and a fact-checking article for confirmation bias and credibility of sources.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video, Informational Text, Social Media, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media

Confrontation in the Streets: What Do You know?

In this media literacy activity students analyze a viral video and a TV news program on the same event for messages about historical context and viral messages in social media.

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High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Video, Social Media, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Conspiracy Theories About COVID-19: Who’s Selling? Who’s Buying?

In this media literacy activity students analyze media documents that allege conspiracies related to the coronavirus. Students then analyze media messages for credibility and reflect on their own biases in interpreting conspiracy theories.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Magazine, News - Print, Social Media, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Covering Black Lives Matter: Front Page Constructions

In this media literacy activity students analyze newspaper front pages for messages about media representation of nationwide protests following the murder of George Floyd.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

News - Print, Photograph
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Dinosaurs: What’s True and What’s Not?

Students analyze messages about dinosaurs in a film, an advertisement, a website, a video game, a TV program and a fiction and non-fiction book - and assess the credibility of each source.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster, Print Advertisement, Television Program, Webpage
Subject Areas
Consumer Education, Life Sciences, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Discourse or Disinformation?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing conflicting presentations of scientific information about global warming in various drafts of government reports, video and opinion articles .

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High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Informational Text, News - Print
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Election 2020 – The Facts are Clear but Who Do We Trust?

Students analyze tweets, a press conference statement, a video opinion piece, a press release and a fact checking webpage for messages about the 2020 Presidential election results and media credibility.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, News - Video, Web Video, News - Video, Speech, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, News - Video, Social Media, Speech, Web Video
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Fact Checkers: How Do They Decide?

In this media literacy activity students analyze fact checking websites for messages about their goals and processes for determining credibility.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Webpage
Subject Areas
Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Fact or Fiction? A Snopes.com and Urban Legends Activity

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing students to data collection through surveys and reflecting on why so many people believe in urban legends.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Psychology, Visual Arts, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media

Football and Concussions: the NFL vs. Scientific Research

In this media literacy activity students analyze short video clips from an investigative documentary TV program, a feature film, and a congressional hearing for messages about the impact of football on brain disease to assess credibility in film representations of historic events.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, News - Video, Television Program, Television Commercial, News - Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, Life Sciences, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Physical Education