Resources for Teachers - Television

Girls and Boys on Television

In this lesson, students discuss television programming aimed at children and how girls and boys are portrayed in it. Students illustrate what they dislike about portrayals of girls or boys and then create their own TV character who will counter the illustrated negative portrayals.

Teaching Media: Critically Evaluating Media

In this lesson, students learn how media influence how we see the world and send intentional and unintentional messages.

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game - Lesson

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

Violence in Sports

In this lesson, students explore the gratuitous use of violence in sports.

Video Production of a Newscast - Lesson

In this lesson, students will produce a 20 minute news broadcast.