Outcome Chart - Alberta - Social Studies Grade 8

This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Dimensions of Thinking

Students will:
Develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:

analyze the validity of information based on context, bias, source, objectivity, evidence and reliability to broaden understanding of a topic or an issue evaluate
ideas, information and positions from multiple perspectives
demonstrate the ability to analyze local and current affairs
access diverse viewpoints on particular topics by using appropriate technologies

Lessons

Activity One: Looking Through the Lenses

Activity Two: Whose Lenses? How Mass Media Portray Global Development

Activity Three: Adjusting the Focus

Stereotyping and Bias

Elections and the Media

How to Analyse the News

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

News Journalism Across the Media:

Introduction

Definitions and Comments about the News

The Newspaper Front Page

Radio News

Summative Activities

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

Educational Game

Allies and Aliens

Citizenship

It is expected that students will:

appreciate that membership in a society affects individual rights and freedoms
value the ideals of democratic citizenship

Lessons

Cyberbullying and Civic Participation

Cyberbullying and the Law (Grades 7 - 8)

Understanding Cyberbullying : Virtual vs. Physical Worlds

The Girl in the Mirror

Research for Deliberative Inquiry

Students will:
Apply research processes:

determine how information serves a variety of purposes and that the accuracy or relevance of information may need verification

practise the responsible and ethical use of information and technology
plan and conduct a search, using a wide variety of electronic sources

Deconstructing Web Pages - Lesson

ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking - Lesson

Privacy and the Internet

Thinking About Hate - Lesson

What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy - Lesson

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

Educational Games

Allies and Aliens

Jo Fool or Jo Cool - For Teachers

Communication

Students will:
Develop skills of media literacy:

examine techniques used to enhance the authority and authenticity of media messages
examine the values, lifestyles and points of view represented in a media message
analyze the impact of television, the Internet, radio and print media on a particular current affairs issue

Stereotyping and Bias - Lesson

Elections and the Media - Lesson

How to Analyse the News - Lesson

News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum - Lesson