This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Newfoundland and Labrador Grade 7 Health Education with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Growth and Development
It is expected that students will:
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understand the role of the media in establishing feelings and attitudes about ourselves and relationships with others, including dating and becoming sexually active
Lessons
- Cyberbullying and Civic Participation
- Cyberbullying and the Law (Grades 7 - 8)
- Media Minute Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
- Media Minute Lesson 5: Media have social and political implications
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: Our Values and Ethics
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- That’s Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying: Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
Emotional and Social Well-Being
It is expected that students will:
- recognize the influence of body image on self-concept
Lessons
- Gender Stereotypes and Body Image
- Image Gap
- Media Minute Lesson 4: Media have commercial implications
- Media Minute Lesson 5: Media have social and political implications
- Mirror Image
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- The Anatomy of Cool
Drugs: Smoking and Alcohol
It is expected that students will:
- promote and encourage appropriate health-related practices
- to consider the influence of the media on drinking
Lessons
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Image Gap
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Interpreting Media Messages
- Mirror Image
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
- Selling Tobacco
Safety and Environmental Health
It is expected that students will:
- develop knowledge and skills necessary to participate safely in activities with potential risks
- to consider ways of initiating and participating in social actions that may lead to protection of the environment and the promotion of health
Lessons
- Deconstructing Web Pages
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Promoting Ethical Behaviour Online: Our Values and Ethics
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- That’s Not Cool
- Understanding Cyberbullying: Virtual vs. Physical Worlds
- What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)