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This lesson examines how music reflects and influences societies and is a metaphor for ideas and experiences. Students begin by brainstorming the functions or purposes of music and by discussing music’s power as a mirror and a symbol.
This lesson introduces students to some of the myth-building techniques of television, by comparing real world (s)heroes with TV world (s)heroes and by looking at stereotypes in the world of TV (s)heroes.
We want to encourage kids to form opinions about what they watch - to react to what they see on the screen. In this lesson, children begin to think about basic concepts - such as how audiences interpret meaning, and the constructed world of television and film.
This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom.
This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom.
This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom.
This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom.
“Television Newscasts” helps students develop a critical awareness of how television news is shaped and manipulated and how they, as audience members may be affected by this.
Popular Music and Music Videos is part of a three-lesson unit designed to introduce students to the concept of popular culture and the role that it plays in their lives.
This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom.