Resources for Teachers - Television

Teaching Media: The Frame as Storyteller

In this lesson, students explore the ways in which the media frame is used to tell stories.

Favourite Sports and Athletes: Introduction to Sports Media - Lesson

This lesson develops a beginning awareness by students of how they feel towards, and respond to, different sports, and how the media represents athletics.

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

In this lesson, students explore the absence, or unrealistic portrayal, of consequences to violence in the media.

Watching the Elections - Lesson

In this lesson students look at how elections are media events.

Miscast and Seldom Seen - Lesson

In this lesson students consider how well their favourite TV shows, movies and video games reflect the diversity of Canadian society.