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Consumer Choices About Natural Resource Use Assessment
Media literacy and critical thinking assessment analyzing messages in a book cover and poster and writing an opinion piece on consumer choices,
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Unit: Natural ResourcesKit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Upper Elementary
Psychology, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary
Individual
30-60 Minutes
TEACHER GUIDE, ASSESSMENT
Poster
Pdf
Sox Sperry
A Pair of Portraits
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing portraits of George Washington and King George.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingKit: Causes of the American Revolution
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Ppt
Chris Sperry, Sox Sperry, Whitney Bong, Rachel Coates, Amy Eckley, Karen Griffin, Lynn VanDeWeert, Andrea Volckmar
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Additional Practice Videos for First Grade
A set of 10 video advertisements for children's toys and breakfast cereals with decoding prompts for messages about target audience, advertising tricks and disclaimers.
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Unit: First Grade LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
TEACHER GUIDE, VIDEO
Television Commercial
Pdf, Mp4
Cyndy Scheibe
Additional Practice Videos for Kindergarten
A set of 11 video advertisements for children's toys and breakfast cereals with decoding prompts for messages about target audience, advertising tricks and disclaimers.
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Unit: Kindergarten LessonsKit: Critical Thinking & Health: Nutrition and TV Commercials
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Lower Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE
Television Commercial
Mp4, Pdf
Cyndy Scheibe
Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Animals
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about dogs and endangered species. Writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting actions to protect animals.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Animals (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, ELA/English Language Arts
Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
VIDEO, POWERPOINT, STUDENT HANDOUT, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Illustration, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Mp4, Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold
Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Fruits & Vegetables
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about carrot-related food products and writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting healthy eating habits.
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Unit: Plants (lower elementary)Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Nutrition, Consumer Education, ELA/English Language Arts
Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT, POWERPOINT, VIDEO
Documentary Film, Television Commercial, Webpage
Pdf, Pptx, Mp4
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold
Advertiser's Power of Persuasion - Water
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing print advertisements and public service messages about bottled water and vitamin water and writing scripts for ads or public service announcements promoting their water consumption design for a healthy body, budget and earth.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingUnit: Water (lower elementary)
Kit: Media Constructions of Sustainability: Lower Elementary
Health, Student Media Production, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, ELA/English Language Arts
Lower Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
Over 60 Minutes
VIDEO, POWERPOINT, STUDENT HANDOUT, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN
Television Commercial, Webpage
Mp4, Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry & Caren Arnold
African Money
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing messages about African countries by examining images in currency.
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Playlist: Elementary Critical Thinking Skill BuildingKit: Introducing Africa: Critical Thinking and Media Literacy
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Economics, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary
Group - Small (3-5 Members), Whole Class
30-60 Minutes, Over 60 Minutes
STUDENT WORKSHEET, STUDENT HANDOUT, TEACHER GUIDE, LESSON PLAN, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Ppt
Chris Sperry, Carrie LaZarre & Marilyn Mayer
Ageism in Advertising: Promoting or Countering Stereotypes?
Students analyze television commercials for messages about stereotypes and counter-stereotypes of elders.
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Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Economics, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Television Commercial
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
All You Need is Love: The Beatles in Music and Film
Students analyze excerpts from a documentary, an animated film and a video of a music performance, all centering on the song “All You Need Is Love,” for messages about artistic expression, historical context and interpretation.
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Film/Video Arts, Music, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
30-60 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Animated Film, Documentary Film, Music/song, Television Program, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Sox Sperry
Ancient Egypt - Ancient Media?
In this media literacy activity students analyze images of things found in ancient Egypt to determine which might be considered media and to explore how the cultural characteristics of places change over time.
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Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN, POWERPOINT
Illustration
Pdf, Ppt
Sox Sperry
Animals and Images: What do you See?
Students analyze different types of images for messages about image forms and about reptiles, amphibians and dinosaurs.
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Visual Arts, Life Sciences, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Lower Elementary
Under 15 Minutes
ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, POWERPOINT, STUDENT HANDOUT
Illustration, Informational Text, Literature, Photograph
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry
Artistic Repurposing as Environmental Activism
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a web video and film trailer about the impacts of oceanic plastic pollution for messages about artists actions for environmental awareness.
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Film/Video Arts, Environmental Studies
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Ana Goldsmith & Sox Sperry
Baby Shark: Introducing Analysis Skills
Students analyze the viral video “Baby Shark” to practice observation, link evidence to a document, assess what is true and not about sharks, and reflect on the credibility of media messages.
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Music, Life Sciences, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy
Lower Elementary
15-30 Minutes
VIDEO, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Music/song, Web Video
Mp4, Pdf
Faith Rogow
Ban the Bag or Not? What Else Should We Know?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze a Scholastic news article and a page of a website called Bag the Ban for different perspectives on the use of plastic bags and their effects on our environment.
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Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT HANDOUT
Webpage
Pdf
Maureen Gilroy & Sox Sperry
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.
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Environmental Studies, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
STUDENT HANDOUT, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Webpage
Pdf
Maureen Gilroy & Sox Sperry
Boston Tea Party
Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about primary and secondary source representations of the Boston Tea Party.
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Playlist: The U.S. at War and Peace: American Revolution to the War in IraqKit: Causes of the American Revolution
Visual Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary, Middle School
Whole Class
15-30 Minutes
LESSON PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, STUDENT WORKSHEET, POWERPOINT
Illustration, Informational Text
Pdf, Ppt
Chris Sperry, Sox Sperry, Whitney Bong, Rachel Coates, Amy Eckley, Karen Griffin, Lynn VanDeWeert, Andrea Volckmar
Briefing: Project Look Sharp's Decoding Media Constructions and Sustainability
Antonio Lopez, in his coda to Greening Media Education, summarizes the complex set of skills needed “to bring ecologically oriented cultural practice into the realm of media education (which) promotes systems thinking, collaborative learning, critical thinking, lifelong learning and digital media literacy.” This article offers cases studies of two Look Sharp lessons, one for elementary age students and another for upper level high school, each of which was designed with these skills in mind as a way to bring Lopez’s vision into practice in the classroom.
Butterflies in the Media
Students analyze a magazine cover, a T-shirt, a book cover, a webpage, a button and a comic for messages about butterflies, endangered species and media forms.
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Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
ACTIVITY PLAN, TEACHER GUIDE, POWERPOINT
Illustration, Informational Text, Magazine, Webpage
Pdf, Pptx
Sox Sperry
Can You Judge A Book by its Cover?
Students analyze pairs of different covers for the same children’s book for messages about techniques, purpose and target audience.
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Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts
Upper Elementary
15-30 Minutes
POWERPOINT, TEACHER GUIDE, ACTIVITY PLAN
Illustration, Literature, Print Advertisement
Pptx, Pdf
Sox Sperry, Sharon Fox