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  • Lessons (7)
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Charting Media Coverage of War: Israel/Palestine

Students analyze charts with text excerpts from articles for messages about bias in media coverage of the Israel Hamas war, to analyze the bias in the construction of the charts, and to reflect on their own interpretations.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Chart/graph, Informational Text, News - Print
Subject Areas
Math, Journalism, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

1967: Deepening the Divide

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing two conflicting website accounts of the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Map
Subject Areas
Global Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

May 14 1948: Independence or Catastrophe?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing two conflicting accounts of the meaning of the founding of the state of Israel.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Global Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

Same Land- Different Histories

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson analyzing three textbook excerpts about the history of Israel/Palestine.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Global Studies, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

Singing the Struggle

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson exploring political and cultural perspectives in Israel and Palestine by listening to excerpts from four songs.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, Global Studies, ELA/English Language Arts

The Politics of Maps

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson exploring bias in the representation of the historical geography of Israel/Palestine through analysis of 12 maps from diverse sources.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Map
Subject Areas
Global Studies, Sociology

Whose Fear and Whose Security?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson comparing definitions of security by viewing short film excerpts from Israeli and Palestinian producers.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Global Studies

High School Global Studies: The Politics of Maps: Israel/Palestine

Related to kit: Media Constructions of the Middle East

An example of leading a class through a constructivist media decoding using a lesson from our kit, Media Construction of the Middle East. Students in this video learn to understand the level of bias in maps.


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High School, College

Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Document Selection
Lesson Elements


Social Studies