Resources for Teachers - Television

Taking Charge of TV Violence

In this lesson, students become aware of the types and amounts of violence in children's programming, and how media violence influences young viewers.

Images of Learning: Elementary - Lesson

This lesson helps students become more aware of the stereotypes associated with portrayals of students and teachers on TV. (It is also a good follow-up to the elementary lesson TV Stereotypes.)

Teaching Media: Media Techniques

In this lesson, students learn how different media use different techniques to communicate meaning.

Transgender Representations in TV and Movies

In this lesson, students are introduced to concepts of gender identity and gender expression and learn about common portrayals of trans people in movies and TV shows.

Television News - Lesson

This lesson is part of a unit that explores news journalism across the media.