Overall Expectations

• Students will be expected to communicate information and ideas effectively and clearly, and to respond personally and critically
• Students will be expected to select, read and view with understanding a range of literature, information, media and visual arts
• Students will be expected to interpret, select and combine information using a variety of strategies, resources and technologies.
• Students will be expected to respond critically to a range of texts, applying their understanding of language, form and genre
• Students will be expected to create texts collaboratively and independently, using a variety of forms for a range of audiences

Specific Expectations

Students will be expected to:

• Listen and respond critically to information and ideas
• Use knowledge of texts to determine meaning:
  • identify genre
  • identify features of different genres
  • tell how different features contribute to constructing meaning
• Read, with understanding, a variety of texts:
  • media texts and advertising aimed at teens
• Carry out research projects with guidance:
  • use at least 2 sources for research
  • locate relevant information
• Recognize that texts are constructed for a particular purpose:
  • identify author’s purpose
  • identify audience
• Recognize that texts are constructed from a particular perspective:
  • identify author’s message(s)
  • identify bias, stereotypes, portrayals of people, cultures, etc.
• Work collaboratively to create a text, considering form, audience and purpose:
  • multimedia product, poster or display
  • short drama (skit)
  • informational report and presentation/display

Lessons that meet 1205 expectations

Advertising and Male Violence

Alcohol Myths

Alcohol on the Web

Bias and Crime in Media

Bias in News Sources

Challenging Hate Online

Cinema Cops

Deconstructing Web Pages

Diversity and Media Ownership

Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns

Exposing Gender Stereotypes

Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues

Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Hype!

ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking

I heard it ‘round the Internet: Sexual health education and authenticating online information

Images of Learning

Learning Gender Stereotypes

Magazine Production

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Miscast and Seldom Seen

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Selling Obesity

Selling Tobacco

Sex in Advertising

Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising

Suffragettes and Iron Ladies

Taming the Wild Wiki

The Front Page

The Girl in the Mirror

The Impact of Gender Stereotypes

Thinking Like a Citizen

Thinking Like a Tobacco Company

Tobacco Labels

Truth or Money

Video Production of a Newscast

Watching the Elections

Who’s Telling My Story?

Writing a Newspaper Article

Educational Game

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