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"The New Jim Crow" Book Cover
Students analyze a book cover for messages about race and incarceration and about designer choices for book covers. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Prisons - Justice or Injustice?." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“More Than 1 in Every 100” Newspaper Article
Students analyze a newspaper article for messages about the number of people held in U.S. prisons and about sourcing in media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Prisons - Justice or Injustice?." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Out & Outraged: Nonviolent Civil Disobedience at the Supreme Court
Students analyze a 1987 handbook cover for messages about civil disobedience by AIDS activists and about visual symbols in media document design. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
“The Inmate Nation" Magazine Cover
Students analyze a magazine cover for messages about the U.S. prison system and about purpose and design in media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Prisons - Justice or Injustice?." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network Posters
Students analyze two posters from the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network for messages about LGBTQ students and about purpose and design in media messages . This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
Advertising Targeting LGBTQ Consumers
Students analyze an advertisement for messages about LGBTQ consumers as a target group for advertisers and about LGBTQ affirmative symbols. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
Hate Speech Targeting the LGBTQ Community
Students analyze a news photo for messages about hate speech targeting LGBTQ people and about editorial choices to publish images of hatred. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Hate Crimes Against the LGBTQ Community
Students analyze a magazine cover for messages about hate crimes against LGBTQ people and about editorial choices for cover headlines. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
Breaking Silence About the AIDS Crisis
Students analyze a poster for messages about breaking the silence about the AIDS crisis and about art in social justice movements. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Gay Power Comes to Sheridan Square: The Stonewall Uprising
Students analyze front pages from two newspaper for messages about the Stonewall uprising and about editorial choices to appeal to a specific target audience. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“Homophile Groups Picket in Nation’s Capital” 1965 Magazine Cover
Students analyze a 1965 magazine cover for messages about an early gay liberation march and about the role of small media outlets in furthering social justice movements. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Out and Affirmed." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Minuteman Project Webpage
Students analyze a 2010 webpage for messages about militant opposition to immigration and about the use of patriotic symbols in advocacy appeals. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“American Apparel on Immigration” Advertisement
Students analyze a 2007 advertisement for messages about acceptance of "illegal" immigrants and about advertising as a means for social change. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“Immigrants Take to U.S. Streets in Show of Strength”
Students analyze a 2006 New York Times front page for messages about immigrant rights marches and about editorial choices for front page photos. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“Read Between the Lines": Mexican American Experience in Murals
Students analyze a mural for messages about the Mexican immigrant experience and about murals, petroglyphs, graffiti and tagging as forms of media. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“Torn Apart by Deportation” Magazine Cover
Students analyze a magazine cover for messages about the impact of deportation and about implicit and explicit media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Immigration Policy and the “Fight For the Future”
Students analyze a magazine cover for messages about immigration policy and about periodical covers as advertising . This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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“Nuestro Labor” and “Embracing Illegals”
Students analyze a poster and a magazine cover for messages about the impact of immigration on the economy and about why points of view in media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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US History
“Uncle Sam is a Man of Strong Features”
Students analyze an 1898 magazine cover for messages about immigration and about who might benefit and who might be harmed by media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “The Law of Immigration." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today’s Feminism
Students analyze a book cover for messages about women of color and identities and about media representations of young women of color. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Claiming Feminist Identities." To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.
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High School, College
Under 15 Minutes
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