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Cinematic Stereotyping - Elementary School Teachers in the Movies
Students analyze a Google search and clips from feature films for messages about stereotypes of teachers, about the impact of film representations of teaching and about the pedagogical process of question-based, student-centered constructivist media decoding.
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College
30-60 Minutes
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Cinematic Stereotyping - Librarians in the Movies
Students analyze a Google search and film clips for messages about libraries and librarians and about purpose and effects of media messages.
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College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, Pre-service Teacher Education
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Demonstration Video: January 6, 2021: Newspaper Front Pages
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
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Middle School
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DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Reflecting Diversity
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Reflecting Diversity
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Chris Sperry, Prescription for an Infodemic, a pedagogical response in an era of fake news, In Victor Strasberger (Ed.), kids and today’s Media: A careful analysis and scrutiny of the problems, volume 2, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 2021.
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.
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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College
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Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Civics
Declaration of Independence: Sourcing, Credibility, & Bias
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
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Middle School, High School
Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Constructivist Media Decoding
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Social Studies
Pre-service Teacher Education
Civics
Starter Kit for College
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.
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College
Subject Areas
DO IT YOURSELF GUIDE
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Document Selection
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Science And Environment
Math
Arts
Psychology
Media Production
Pre-service Teacher Education
Math, Media, and Me
Students analyze web videos and feature film clips for messages about how mathematicians solve complex problems, our own reactions to math, and media portrayals of math problem solving.
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Middle School, High School
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Math, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Library/Information Literacy, Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: Gender Stereotypes and Google Algorithms
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
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Middle School, High School
Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: Interpreting Charts of Media Use: Gen Z vs. Boomers
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
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Middle School, High School
Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Youth Culture And New Technologies
Critical Thinking And The News
Assessing Credibility & Bias
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Math
Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: Choosing a Just Right Book
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.
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Lower Elementary
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DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
English Language Arts
Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: What is Media - Kindergarten
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.
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Lower Elementary
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DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Media Production
Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: Who is Family? - Kindergarten
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?”
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Lower Elementary
Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Reflecting Diversity
Question Design
Social Studies
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Demonstration Video: Wash Your Hands - Kindergarten
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
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Lower Elementary
Subject Areas
DEMONSTRATION VIDEO
Media Literacy And Critical Thinking Integration
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
Constructivist Media Decoding
Media Literacy Lesson Design
Question Design
English Language Arts
Health
Pre-service Teacher Education
Critical Race Theory – Whose History? Whose Story?
Students analyze clips from a variety of video sources for messages about the teaching of U.S. history, critical race theory and the power of media to persuade.
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High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, Pre-service Teacher Education
Representations of Enslavement in South Carolina – Context is Everything
In this media literacy activity students analyze primary and secondary texts from the 19th, 20th & 21st century for messages about African slavery in South Carolina.
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High School, College
30-60 Minutes
Subject Areas
US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, Pre-service Teacher Education
Teaching About Climate Change: Why Does the Source Matter?
This is a media literacy activity in which students analyze two letters for the National Science Teachers Association and the Heartland Institute for conflicting perspectives about how to teach about global climate change.
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Middle School, High School, College
15-30 Minutes
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, Pre-service Teacher Education