This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Northwest Territories Grade 7 Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Mental and Emotional Well Being
It is expected that students will:
- identify the factors that influence self-concept
Lessons
- Comic Book Characters
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Stereotypes and Body Image
- Image Gap
- Media Kids
- Mirror Image
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- That’s Not Cool
- The Anatomy of Cool
Nutrition
It is expected that students will:
- explain how advertising affects food choices
- identify various factors that influence food choices
Lessons
Alcohol and Other Drugs
It is expected that students will:
- describe the importance of role models for youth with regard to decisions about drugs
- identify reasons why some people drink alcohol and some people do not drink alcohol
Lessons
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Image Gap
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Interpreting Media Messages
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers
- Mirror Image
- Selling Tobacco
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money