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Incan Religion – What Sources Should I Use?

In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from different media documents – a young adult fiction book, a Wikipedia article, a Twinkl education page, a magazine article, a tourism webpage, a documentary film and an animated children’s film – to assess the credibility and usefulness of each source for research on Incan religion.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Animated Film, Blog Post, Documentary Film, Informational Text, Literature, Magazine
Subject Areas
Global Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

India's Rise in the Global Economy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about India's economy in magazine covers and newspaper front pages.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes

Illustration, News - Print
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Global Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts

Indigenous Media Making: Affirming Identity

Students analyze short videos from TikTok, a feature film, a video game, Hip-Hop video, and a documentary film for messages related to Indigenous identity and cultural pride.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, Documentary Film, Feature Film, Music/song, Social Media, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Indigenous Representations of Cultural Pride and Resilience

Students analyze videos produced by Native Americans (Inuit, Haudenosaunee, Hopi and Hawaiian) for messages about the contributions and resilience of Indigenous nations and peoples.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

International Climate Agreements: How the Decisions of Government Officials Can Potentially Impact Climate Change

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two op-eds for conflicting perspectives on the impacts of the Trump adminstration's decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accords..

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Interrelationships: Human & Buffalo

Media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode videos for messages about the interdependent relationships between people and buffalo.

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Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Introduction to Capitalism

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing two brief videos with contrasting perspectives about capitalism and free markets.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology

Is There a Future in Oil?

Students analyze two video clips for mesages about fossil fuel production.

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Middle School, High School, College

15-30 Minutes

Web Video
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics

Islam and Cultural Identity in Europe

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing four brief videos with contrasting perspectives about the experience of Muslim women wearing headscarves in Europe

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology

Islam in Brief

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing bias and objectivity in encyclopedia articles about Islam.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Global Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Islamic Majorities and Minorities

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing media messages about Muslims in web pages and magazine covers from the Philippines and Indonesia.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Judy Heumann: Disability Activism in Video

Students analyze short video clips from different video genres for messages about how Judy Heumann pushed for civil rights for people with disabilities.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Animated Film, Documentary Film, News - Video, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Life on the Inside

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on messages about prison life and survival within prison.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Living Wage

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing two opinion pieces about Living Wage laws.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Opinion, Informational Text
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Louis XIV & Absolute Monarchy: Media Messages from the Time

Students analyze media documents from the era of Louis XIV - an oil painting, a royal medal, an excerpt from John Locke’s “Treatise on Government” and an excerpt from a French travel memoir - for messages about absolute monarchy, media forms and historical context.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Literature
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Making Friends with the Enemy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on the impact of war on the Nicaraguan people.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Psychology, Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Mapping Ancient Civilizations: Who’s Included and Who’s Not?

In this media literacy activity students analyze the bias and techniques used in maps of ancient civilizations.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Map
Subject Areas
Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Mapping the Border: Who Decides?

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze different maps of the U.S. Mexico border region for messages about how mapmakers use images and words to convey messages.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Map
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Marketing OxyContin: Profits, Lives and Disinformation

Media documents are excerpts from a company memo from Purdue Pharma, an investigative reporting video, an online article and two government reports related to the marketing of OxyContin. Students analyze messages about the role of industry in fueling the opioid epidemic and the credibility of the media documents.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text, News - Print, News - Video, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, Consumer Education, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Mass Shootings: Tracking the Numbers

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode a blog post, a fact checking website and an article in a national magazine for messages about sourcing and credibility.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Editorial Opinion, Informational Text, Webpage
Subject Areas
Health, Math, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy