Teachers' Hub
Welcome to the Media Literacy Week Teachers' Hub, brought to you by MediaSmarts!
With free, tested lesson plans and resources curated around five daily themes, it’s never been easier for you to bring digital media literacy into the classroom.
Daily lesson ideas for Media Literacy Week
October 27
Algorithms and AI Literacy
NEW Plug-and-play video lesson: Grades 9-12: Unpacking the Black Box: Explaining Algorithms and AI
Printable activity: #ForYou: A Game About Algorithms
Grades K-3: Wacky Media Songs: Reading Media (English only)
Grades 6-9: Understanding artificial intelligence (AI) tools
Grades 9-12: #For You: The Algorithm Game
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October 28
Break the Fake: Verifying online information
Plug-and-play video lesson: Break the Fake: What’s real online? (Grades 3-5)
Printable activity: Spot the house hippos
Grades K-3: Break the Fake: What’s in the frame?
Grades 7-9: Do sharks love ice cream?
Grades 10-12: Break the Fake: Becoming a fact-checker
More resources:
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum – workshop, lessons and videos
October 29
Digital Citizen Day: Teaching digital citizenship
Plug-and-play video lesson: Thinking about Hate (Grades 8-10)
Plug-and-play video lesson: Grades 7-9: Impact! How to Make a Difference When You Witness Bullying Online
Printable activity: Just a Joke? (Grades 3-7)
Grades K to 3: Wacky Media Songs: Ethics and Empathy (English only)
Grades 4-6: Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy
Grades 9-12: Introduction to Online Community Engagement
More resources
October 30
Media-making and creating
Plug-and-play video lesson: Put Your Best Face Forward (Grades 7-9)
Grades K-3: Wacky Media Songs: Making and Remixing (English only)
October 31
Representation in media + Halloween!
Printable Activity: A Princess Story (Grades 2-6)
Grades K-3: What do Halloween costumes say?
Grades 4-6: Avatars and body image
Grades 5-7: Comic Books Characters