Resources for Teachers - Television

Teaching Media: Media Techniques

In this lesson, students learn how different media use different techniques to communicate meaning.

Video Production of a Newscast - Lesson

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

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

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

Talking to kids about gender stereotypes

Images of men and women in the media are often based on stereotypical roles of males and females in our society. Because stereotyping can affect how children feel about themselves and how they relate to others, it's important that they learn to recognize and understand gender stereotypes in different media.

Introducing TV Families - Lesson

This lesson encourages children to explore the differences between their real families and TV families by imagining how their own families might be portrayed on a television show.