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Middle School teacher, Mary Kate Longeran, leads her students through a decoding of domestic and international newspapers - using the Project Look Sharp lesson: “Storming the Capital” - to analyze media construction and bias in news coverage. (Total Time: 8:57) Published 2023
Middle School
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
In this chapter from the 2021 book, Kids and Today’s Media, Chris Sperry lays out Project Look Sharp’s approach to disinformation. After a look at the historical context of our country’s “epistemological crisis” and the role of confirmation bias, Chris makes the case for media literacy and specifically Constructivist Media.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Civics
Middle School teacher, Mary Kate Lonergan, leads her students through a decoding of domestic and international newspapers - using the Project Look Sharp lesson: “Storming the Capital” - to analyze media construction and bias in news coverage. (Total Time: 8:57) Published 2023
Middle School, High School
Social Studies
Pre-service Teacher Education
Civics
This guide gives users a brief overview of our approach (question-based media decoding) and materials (e.g., lessons) available for free from the Project Look Sharp website for a particular level and subject.
College
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Arts
Psychology
Media Production
Pre-service Teacher Education
Middle School teacher, Mary Kate Longeran, uses the Project Look Sharp lesson “Google Image Searches: Do they Promote or Counter Stereotypes?” to lead her students through an analysis of stereotypes and algorithmic bias. (Total Time: 6:10) Published 2023
Middle School, High School
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Middle School teacher, Mary Kate Longeran, leads her students through a decoding of charts using the Project Look Sharp lesson “Changing Our Media Habits: The Impact of the Pandemic” – to teach students to analyze and question charts and explore differences in generational media use. (Total Time: 5:15) Published 2023
Middle School, High School
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Math
Pre-service Teacher Education
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth from East Syracuse, NY, leads her first graders through analyzing different book covers and text [and drawing their own conclusions about the appropriateness of the book as an independent reading choice] - using our lesson, How Do I Choose? Picking the Right Book for Me.
Lower Elementary
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, has her students identify media, including in their clothing – and then reflects on the importance of teaching young students to recognize that media is all around them.
Lower Elementary
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Media Production
Pre-service Teacher Education
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, leads kindergarten students through analyzing book covers for messages about the diversity of families - using the Project Look Sharp lesson, “Who is Family?”
Lower Elementary
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
School librarian, Michele Coolbeth, has her students reflect on the qualities of different media forms (videos and a poster) while learning how to wash their hands. (Total Time: 2:13) Published 2023
Lower Elementary
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
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