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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

Illustration, Webpage
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Sociology, ELA/English Language Arts, Pre-service Teacher Education

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

Animated Film, Feature Film, Illustration, Webpage, Feature Film, Animated Film
Subject Areas
Visual Arts, Film/Video Arts, Sociology, Library/Information Literacy, 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

Feature Film, Web Video
Subject Areas
Math, Psychology, Film/Video Arts, Library/Information Literacy, 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

Animated Film, Feature Film, News - Video, Web Video
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

Informational Text, Photograph, Webpage
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

Informational Text
Subject Areas
Physical Sciences, Environmental Studies, Sociology, Pre-service Teacher Education