Resources for Teachers - Television

Teaching Media: Media Techniques

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

Gambling in the Media

This lesson looks at the increasing prominence of gambling in the media, particularly movies and television.

Who's Telling My Story?

In this lesson students learn about the history of blackface and other examples of majority-group actors playing minority-group characters such as White actors playing Asian and Aboriginal characters and non-disabled actors playing disabled characters.

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.