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Peace Begins with Me: Decoding Media about Peace

Students analyze a poster and videos for messages about peace, the purposes of media, and about student responses to media messages.

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Lower Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Music/song, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Music, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

UN Sustainable Development Goals and Graphics

Students analyze icons for messages about graphic design and the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Illustration
Subject Areas
Health, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Questioning Manifest Destiny

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about efforts to oppose manifest destiny during the Indian Wars, Mexican War and Philippine-American War.

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Middle School, High School, College

Over 60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Editorial Opinion, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Poster
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Peace or Liberty?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during World War One.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

For Peace or Against Oppression?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the World War Two period.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, Poster
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Corporate Greenwashing? Exxon and Greenpeace

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode an ExxonMobil commercial and an environmental advocacy video for conflicting messages about corporate advertising credibility and about human impact on the environment.

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Middle School, High School, College

Under 15 Minutes

Television Commercial, Web Video
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, Economics, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

After War Begins

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on choices for peacemaking during the Iraq War, especially among those serving in the military.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Dissent or Treason

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the Iraq War.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

Friend or Foe?

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the Central American wars of the Reagan administration.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, News - Print, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology

GMOs: Bias and Credibility in Media Messages

Students analyze three web videos from corporate, academic and activist sources for messages about genetically modified organisms, techniques used to sway the viewer, and questions about credibility and one’s own confirmation biases.

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High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Web Video, Animated Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Consumer Education, Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Economics, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy

Hiroshima/Nagasaki Legacy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using excerpts from four songs to reflect on the impact and meaning of the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, ELA/English Language Arts

In Case of Nuclear War

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to review perspectives on the impact of nuclear war.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film, Television Program
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Making Friends with the Enemy

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on the impact of war on the Nicaraguan people.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Psychology, Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Nuclear Blues

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short song excerpts to reflect on the meaning of the dawn of the nuclear age.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Music/song
Subject Areas
Music, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Peace is the Way

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about antiwar movements during the Vietnam War period.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Photograph, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Portraits of War

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on military service during World War One.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Feature Film
Subject Areas
Psychology, Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Small Groups of Committed People

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using diverse media imagery to teach about the history of antiwar movements during the Cold War period.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Poster, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

The U.S. Exits Afghanistan: Lessons from the Newspaper Front Pages

Students analyze newspaper front pages from August 2021 for messages about media representation of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan.

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Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

News - Print, Photograph
Subject Areas
Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Global Studies, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

To Inspire- To Breathe Into

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on what inspires people to move from affinity to action.

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Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film, Television Program, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

To Kill or Not To Kill

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson using four short film excerpts to reflect on military service during World War Two.

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Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Documentary Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology