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Cyberbullying: How It Hurts & How to Help
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos made for students for messages about the effects and remedies for cyber-bullying.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
How Women Got the Vote: Different Authors, Different Stories
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from two children’s history books for messages about the fight for women’s right to vote.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Why Vote?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about why voting is important.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
“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.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Wash Your Hands – What’s the Right Way?
In this media literacy activity students analyze a comic, a graphic, a music video and a public service announcement for messages about the best way to wash your hands to protect yourself from getting sick.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Harriet Tubman Seizes Freedom – Many Stories
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from children’s books for messages about Harriet Tubman, enslavement and the Underground Railroad.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
First Contact: Who’s Telling the Story?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two paintings about first contact between Native Americans and Spanish conquistadors for messages about historical context and point of view. .
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
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.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
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.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Individual, Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members)
15-30 Minutes
Squanto and the First Thanksgiving: Whose Story?
In this media literacy activity students analyze excerpts from children’s books for differing perspectives and messages about the history of Squanto’s role in the first thanksgiving feast.
Upper Elementary
Pair, Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes
Climate: What Can We Change?
In this media literacy activity students analyze children’s videos for messages about the impacts of climate change and what people can do to help.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Why Go to School?
In this media literacy activity students analyze videos for messages about why education is important.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Who is Family?
In this media literacy activity students analyze children’s book covers for messages about diversity in families.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Happy Mother’s Day: Storytelling in Advertising
In this media literacy activity students analyze two long form TV ads for messages about storytelling structure and mother and child relationships.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Happy Valentine’s Day: What’s the message? What’s the purpose?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two TV commercials and a public service announcement for messages about Valentine's Day, storytelling and target audience.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Sculptures of Dr. King: Reading the Messages
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze four sculptures for messages about Dr. King's life and legacy.
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Liquids in Spiderman vs. Hydroman
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from an educational video on the changing states of water and a Spiderman vs. Hydroman cartoon for representations of the liquid state of water.
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Volcanoes: Can We Protect Cities from Lava Flows?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a National Public Radio report and a clip from a 1940s era Superman animated cartoon for messages about engineering solutions to protect cities from volcanic lava flows.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Tidal Waves & Tsunamis in Film: Fact & Fiction
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from a National Geographic video and a TV miniseries to examine credibility of information on the causes and impacts of tsunamis.
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
Benefits And Costs Of Using Plastic Shopping Bags
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze two short excerpts from websites about plastic bags for conflicting perspectives on the costs and benefits of plastic shopping bags.
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes