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Police in the Media

This lesson helps students understand the different perceptions of the police force portrayed in the media. Students will learn about the differences between the constructed reality of media and law

Crime Portrayal, Television

Printable activities for younger children

These printable activity sheets introduce basic media literacy skills and concepts and are suitable for use in homes, schools and libraries. They can be completed independently, but children will

Authenticating Information, Cyber Security, Gender Representation, Internet & Mobile, Marketing & Consumerism, Online Hate, Social Networking, Stereotyping

Privacy Pursuit: My Privacy, Your Privacy

In this lesson, students start by considering the permanence of online content. They review privacy strategies and privacy risks and analyze how likely and severe different privacy risks are. They

Internet & Mobile, Privacy

PushBack: Engaging in Online Activism

This lesson explores how young people can use online media for activism on issues that matter to them. Through the discussion and scenarios that are presented, students will develop their knowledge

Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile

Put Your Best Face Forward

In this lesson, students start by discussing the phenomenon of “selfies” and serve as experts in advising the teacher on the standards by which the “best” selfies are judged. They then discuss a

Body Image, Digital Citizenship, Digital Health, Internet & Mobile, Social Networking

Reading Media

In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of “reading media” through a medium’s rules of notice and the maker’s framing choices of what to include and what to emphasize. After a modeled and

Recognizing Emotional Appeals

This is the third lesson in the Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum series, though it can also be delivered independently. In it, students learn how we can be persuaded by emotional appeals as

Authenticating Information

Scapegoating and Othering - Lesson

In this lesson, students develop a deeper understanding of scapegoating and othering and how these factors may contribute to the promotion of hatred and intolerance.

Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile, Journalism & News, Online Hate, Stereotyping

Selling Tobacco

In this lesson, students investigate how tobacco companies frame their products in different ways for different audiences.

Marketing & Consumerism, Tobacco Marketing

Sports Personalities in Advertising

In this lesson students explore the relationship between athletes and advertising through a number of different activities.

Marketing & Consumerism, Sports

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