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Onondaga Lake
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the stewardship interests for Onondaga Lake as regards economic development, cultural preservation and human and ecosystem health.
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Playlist: English Language ArtsKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Protecting Our Water Resources Assessment
Media literacy and critical thinking assessment analyzing messages in videos and writing a report on the protection of water resources.
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Unit: Water (upper elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Sustainable Economics
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing the relationship of economics to the sustainability of food systems by reading the work of authors presented in five periodicals.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Sustainable Food Security Systems
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing models for food security through the lenses of access, culture, employment, environment, health, ownership, scale and worker safety.
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Playlist: Economics & Social JusticeKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Fingerlakes
High School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
The Consequences of Global Warming
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing news articles about the impact of global warming on hurricanes, diseases, agriculture, sea level rise, severe weather, freshwater and biodiversity.
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Playlist: Climate ChangeHigh School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
The Face of Cereal: Using Cartoon Characters to Persuade Children
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal packages for messages about health and advertising.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
The Food Groups
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using the food pyramid to introduce the concept of food groups.
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Unit: Kindergarten LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Nutrition
The Food Groups (First Grade)
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using the food pyramid to introduce the health benefits of eating from all food groups.
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Unit: First Grade LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Lower Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Nutrition
The Value of Water
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about threats to and protection measures for water supplies and values related to stewardship of water resources explored by decoding book covers and tables of contents.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and AgricultureMiddle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
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
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
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
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
Valuing Water: Different Perspectives
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a book covers and tables of content for messages about human impacts on freshwater resources.
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Unit: Climate Change & WaterKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts
Voices Role-Play
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students will study and communicate in a role play debate the perspective of a sustainability advocate and then articulate their own opinions about the topic.
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Playlist: English Language ArtsKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and Agriculture
High School
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Watershed Stakeholders
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson in which students analyze maps, videos and informational text to reflect on stakeholder interests in maintaining watersheds.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: FingerlakesHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Watersheds: Stewardship & Climate Change
Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web pages messages about which strategies might be most useful to deal with climate change impacts on human communities.
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Unit: Climate Change & WaterKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Middle School
Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
What About Bottled Water?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos and TV commercials to discern messages about decisions to purchase or not purchase bottled water.
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Unit: Water (upper elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
What About Hunger?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos to discern messages about possible strategies to address the problem of hunger.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingPlaylist: Economics & Social Justice
Unit: Food Choices
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
What Do You Know? Sourcing, Credibility and Bias
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson reflecting on sourcing, credibility, accuracy and bias of information presented in the media while introducing students to vocabulary and issues addressed in Media Constructions of Sustainability lessons.
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Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Food, Water, and AgricultureHigh School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Journalism, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Where Does My Food Come From?
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing videos to discern messages about the production and transportation of food.
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Unit: Food ChoicesKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Upper Elementary
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts