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Confronting Personal Challenges - Bethany Hamilton in Film

Students analyze trailers from documentary and feature films for messages about film genres and techniques, about interpretation of media messages and about how people persevere through personal challenges.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Documentary Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Health, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, Physical Education

Librarians in the Movies - Media Messages and Effects

Students analyze film clips for messages about libraries and librarians and about purpose and effects of media messages.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Feature Film
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

Students analyze Paul Revere’s account of his midnight ride, Longfellow’s poem and a YouTube video to consider context and sourcing in recounting an historic event.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

30-60 Minutes

Informational Text, Literature, Web Video
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Music, US History, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Lewis Hine and Child Labor: Photography of Persuasion

Students will analyze and ask questions about photographs to learn about persuasive techniques, intent, impact, and to reflect on historical context and perspective.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Photograph
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts

What is a Campaign?

Students analyze historic and contemporary campaign media for messages about purpose, media types and democratic process.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Animated Film, Photograph, Television Commercial, Webpage
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

An Aesop Fable: Media, Morals, and More

Students compare an audio recording, video, and text of the Aesop story, the Tortoise and the Hare, to understand fables and compare different media forms.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Literature, Web Video
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, English Language Instruction, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Christmas Love - SEL and Media Literacy

This lesson can teach to SEL objectives by having students identify emotions through facial expressions and/or media literacy objectives by having students analyze the messages and techniques used in a commercial.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Subject Areas
Health, Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, Consumer Education, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Music, Media, and Meaning

Students analyze a short clip from the movie Lion King with four different musical accompaniments to recognize how music influences our emotions and communicates different messages.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Feature Film, Music/song, Web Video
Subject Areas
Film/Video Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Music, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

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

The Intolerable Acts

Media literacy and critical thinking lesson about political cartoons and the Intolerable Acts.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Journalism, US History And Government, US History, Civics And Government

What's So Funny about Climate Change? Editorial Cartoon Opinions

This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students analyze six editorial cartoons for conflicting perspectives on the direness of the threat of climate change.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School, College

30-60 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Web Video
Subject Areas
Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

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.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Animated Film, Blog Post, Editorial Cartoon, Illustration, Informational Text, News - Print, Television Commercial, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Dolphins in the Media

Students analyze a book cover, a magazine cover, a tweet, a poster, a cartoon, a toy and an advertisement for messages about media forms, dolphins and environmental concerns.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Editorial Cartoon, Magazine, Poster, Social Media
Subject Areas
Life Sciences, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Upper Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres and compare texts in different genres in terms of their approach to similar topics.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Exploring Genres Through Book Covers - Lower Elementary

Students analyze book covers for messages about literary genres.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Illustration, Literature
Subject Areas
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Winter Holidays Around the World

Students analyze book covers for messages about winter holidays around the world and about book covers as media messages.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

15-30 Minutes

Literature
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Global Studies, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Physics or Fiction - Will Tango and Cash get electrocuted?

After viewing clips from a feature film and web videos, students will identify messages about electrical currents and shock, analyze sources and credibility, and reflect on strategies for finding accurate information.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School

Under 15 Minutes

Feature Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Health, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Library/Information Literacy

Where's the Media? How Can You Tell?

Students analyze an array of images of potential new and old media forms for messages about what constitutes media and the purposes of media through the ages.

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Upper Elementary, Middle School, High School

30-60 Minutes

Blog Post, Illustration, Informational Text, Map, Music/song, Photograph, Social Media, Webpage, Web Video
Subject Areas
General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts, Technology/Digital Media

Is This Media? How Can You Tell?

Students analyze an array of images for messages about what is media.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

Under 15 Minutes

Illustration, Photograph, Web Video
Subject Areas
Civics And Government, Sociology, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Our Changing Planet: Climate, SEL, and Media Literacy for Our Youngest Students

Students analyze excerpts from a picture book for messages about the impact of climate change and the actions people can take for the planet - while also reflecting on their emotional responses and the intent of the author/illustrator.

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Lower Elementary, Upper Elementary

30-60 Minutes

Illustration, Informational Text, Literature
Subject Areas
Student Media Production, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Civics And Government, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts