To introduce students to the rating systems for films, videos and television and to the issues that surround these classifications.

In this lesson, students explore the gratuitous use ofviolence in televised sports.

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

This lesson helps children become aware of the types of violence that appear on television, the frequency with which these acts occur, and how they respond to these acts. It begins with a guided discussion about the different types of violence and then,how violence is portrayed on TV.