Entrepreneurship
The Nova Scotia Entrepreneurship curriculum has numerous connections to media and digital literacy in the areas of digital ethics and technology.
The Nova Scotia Entrepreneurship curriculum has numerous connections to media and digital literacy in the areas of digital ethics and technology.
We were extremely pleased to welcome TekSavvy as a Silver Sponsor in 2017. This partnership has supported the creation of resources that teach young Canadians how to be ethical users of digital media.
This lesson was produced with the support of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).
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MediaSmarts was pleased to welcome the Canadian Cable Systems Alliance on board in 2017 as a Bronze Sponsor. This partnership has supported the creation of resources that teach young Canadians how to be ethical users of digital media.
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 group and individual activities.
In this lesson, students decode and explain the relevance of editorial cartoons. The class begins with a teacher-led deconstruction of a political cartoon, after which students decode editorial cartoons that they have selected.
This lesson introduces students to the ways in which advertising can affect their food choices.