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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
What’s in My Lunchbox?
In this media literacy activity students analyze a book cover, a lunchbox, a YouTube screen grab and a webpage for messages about eating fruits and vegetables.
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Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education, Economics, Library/Information Literacy
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When to Call a Lie a Lie – Media’s Responsibility to Hold Politicians Accountable
In this media literacy activity students analyze an article and a video news commentary from liberal and conservative media sources for messages about how the media responds to lies told by President Trump.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Who's in Power in Congress: How Do You Know?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze four charts and text about who holds power in Congress for messages about credibility in media sources.
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Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Math, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
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YouTube Recommendations: What Do I Do?
In this media literacy activity students analyze results from a YouTube recommendations list for messages about how to select videos based on the likelihood of their offering credible information.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media
YouTube Recommendations: Who’s Steering Your View?
In this media literacy activity students analyze three online articles for messages about the impact of YouTube recommendations on viewers.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Technology/Digital Media
“The Truth About Coronavirus” - Google Searching For COVID-19
In this media literacy activity students analyze results from two Google searches, one for “coronavirus” and one for “the real truth about coronavirus,” to reflect on the impact of search terms on the sources that Google recommends.
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Upper Elementary, Middle School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
1988 Dukakis Packaging Commercial
Media literacy and critical thinking activity analyzing a commercial from the 1988 Dukakis campaign for messages about image construction in presidential campaigns.
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Unit: 1984-1992 Mass Marketing the ImageKit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
2008 Is Obama a Muslim? Sources & Credibility
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson decoding an email, blog post, newspaper story and website articles for messages about whether Barack Obama is a Muslim, sourcing and credibility.
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Playlist: News Accuracy and CredibilityPlaylist: English Language Arts
Unit: 2000-2008 Targeting the Spin
Kit: Media Constructions of Presidential Campaigns
High School, College
Over 60 Minutes
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
2016 Media Making the Candidate?
Media literacy and critical thinking activity decoding articles about the role of the media in creating Donald Trump's candidacy for the impact of media, bias and interpretation.
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Playlist: 2016 Presidential Campaign & The Trump PresidencyHigh 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