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Just a Joke? Printable activity sheet 

This printable activity sheet introduces basic media literacy skills and concepts and is suitable for use in homes, schools and libraries. It can be completed independently, but children will learn

Cyber Security, Internet & Mobile, Online Hate, Social Networking

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising

In this lesson, students learn to recognize how the advertising genre is used to build brand loyalty for "parity products"—products like alcohol where there is little difference in taste or

Alcohol Marketing, Marketing & Consumerism

Learning with AI

In this lesson, students in grades 4 through 6 explore the capabilities and limitations of AI. They learn to verify AI-generated answers using search engines and reliable sources while collaborating

Artificial intelligence

Looking at Advertising: Brands and Mascots

This lesson introduces students to the ways in which advertisers use mascots to make consumers feel a particular way about their brands.

Food Marketing, Marketing & Consumerism

Looking at News

The newspaper offers a fun and useful tool to learn about the workings of print media. In this lesson, students learn basic information about newspaper journalism through guided class discussion and

Journalism & News

Looks Good Enough to Eat

This lesson looks at food photography and the different techniques used by food stylists to make foods look appealing in advertisements.

Food Marketing, Marketing & Consumerism

Making Comics

In this lesson, students learn how the comics medium works and try their hand at making simple comics.

Comics, Media Production

Media Kids

In this lesson, students deconstruct gender portrayal and depictions of boys and girls in the media. They begin by looking at the appearance and mannerisms of boys and girls in TV, movies, ads and

Gender Representation, Stereotyping, Television

Media literacy key concepts Introduction: What is media anyway?

This opening video to the Key Concepts of Media Literacy video series introduces students to the idea that the word media – which they may already know in the sense of the media industry (“the media

Media Literacy 101

Media literacy key concepts Lesson 2: Media are constructions

In this lesson, students watch a video introducing the media literacy key concept that media are constructions. They then explore this concept by considering a pair of cereal boxes and identifying

Media Literacy 101

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