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.

In this lesson, students look at how gender stereotyping may discourage young women from becoming involved in politics.

This lesson encourages children to explore the differences between their real families and TV families by imagining how their own families might be portrayed on a television show.

In this lesson, students identify the differences between TV families and real families by analyzing the conventions used by TV shows; and by comparing the problems and actions of television families to real world families.