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Throwaway Culture: To Buy or to Reuse?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web videos and commercials for messages about buying disposable products vs. reusing and reducing waste.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUpper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Tidal Waves & Tsunamis in Film: Fact & Fiction
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from a National Geographic video and a TV miniseries to examine credibility of information on the causes and impacts of tsunamis.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Time Magazine’s Person of the Year – How Selections Change Over Time
In this media literacy activity students compare Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” covers from 1965-1969 and 2015-2019 for messages about historical context in judgments of who is important across a half century.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
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To Inspire- To Breathe Into
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on what inspires people to move from affinity to action.
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Unit: Peace IntroductionKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
To Kill or Not To Kill
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on military service during World War Two.
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Unit: World War TwoKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology
To Smoke or Not to Smoke?: Advertising & Persuasion
This media literacy activity was created to integrate the teaching of English language instruction with media literacy for educators in Panama. In this media literacy activity students analyze a poster from the 1970s and a webpage and product packaging from the 2010s for messages about smoking.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Sociology, English Language Instruction, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Together in a Time of War
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on choices for peacemaking during the contra war in Nicaragua.
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Unit: Central American WarsKit: Media Constructions of Peace
Middle School, High School
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology
Toy Commercials & Their Tricks
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson will teach the purpose of a commercial and editing tricks advertisers use to sell their products
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: First Grade Lessons
Kit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education
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Tracking Lies: Determining the Credibility of Internet Information
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a tweet, a blog post and a factchecking webpage for credibility of Internet information.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media
Traditional and Industrial Farming
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing examples of corn and dairy farming to understand the diverse philosophies, tools and practices that distinguish traditional and industrial farming.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: FingerlakesHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts, Career/Vocational Education
Transition to Renewable Energy Now
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from a documentary film for the impacts of solar energy technologies on urban China and rural Zambia.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Music, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts
Transitioning to a Sustainable Future
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students will analyze models for sustainability through the lenses of social justice, climate change, fossil fuel depletion and economic systems and thereafter define and articulate their views on transitioning to a sustainable future.
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Playlist: Climate ChangeKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
High School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Trophy Hunting: Conservation or Destruction?
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a poster and a webpage for messages about the impact of trophy hunting on animal species.
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Unit: BiodiversityKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, Global Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Trusting Web Videos on COVID-19 (Or Not)
In this media literacy activity students analyze for credibility four video clips of people giving prevention advice during the Covid-19 crisis: President Donald Trump, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a New York City primary care doctor during an online family information session, and a naturopathic doctor during a televangelist TV program. These were all posted online in March of 2020.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Twister: A Film Decoding Activity
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on the concept of target audiences, and how messages can be crafted for a specific audience through visuals, language and sound.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Twitter and Lies: How They Snowball
In this media literacy activity students analyze an excerpt from a research study published in a scientific journal and a news article about the study in an online magazine for messages about the spread of lies on Twitter and the differences in writing for different target audiences.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Ukraine’s Holodomor – Famine or Stalinist Genocide?
In this lesson students read a brief history of the 1930’s famine in Ukraine that was caused by Joseph Stalin’s policy of forced collectivization and analyze posters produced by Stalin’s government and by Michael Gorbachev’s government for messages about Stalinism and the Holodomor.
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High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Understanding TV Commercials
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson will teach the purpose of a commercial and some tricks advertisers use to sell their products
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Unit: First Grade LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education
Understanding Teen Media Use: Different Research Techniques
In this media literacy activity students analyze three articles about different approaches to social science research through polling data analysis, a longitudinal study and a literature review. Students explore the techniques used for data gathering and discuss the impacts of social media use on adolescents.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Journalism, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
Unearthing Stereotypes
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson introducing the concept of stereotypes by asking students to decide whether photos are from Africa
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingPlaylist: Global Studies
Kit: Introducing Africa: Critical Thinking and Media Literacy
Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology