Constructivist Media Decoding
Reflecting Diversity
Do No Harm
Question Design
Social Studies
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The webinar offers educators and teachers-in-training pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials related to peace and social justice topics to support diversity in the media documents we choose for classroom decoding. We explore how to seek out and use diverse media sources to deepen critical thinking practice with our students.
Social Studies
Related to kit: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr.
This webinar offers pedagogical techniques and curriculum materials to support a deeper understanding of how to use a wide variety of media documents that: support content teaching about social justice movements, examine media representations of ongoing struggles against racism and the practice of nonviolence, and encourage analysis of meanings and messages constructed about Dr. King's life.
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Students analyze a record album cover for messages about the role of popular culture in the freedom struggle and about target audience. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Challenging White Supremacy." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
Under 15 Minutes
Students analyze 21st century posters and a book cover for messages about the intersection of women's rights with other social movements in the 19th century and now. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Hear Our Voices”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
Under 15 Minutes
Students analyze two editorial cartoons for messages about violence in the civil rights/Black Freedom movement and about the expression of political opinions in editorial cartooning. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Challenging White Supremacy." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
Under 15 Minutes
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