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Lessons on Media and Global Development for Grades 7-12
Lessons on Media and Global Development for Grades 7-12
This lesson teaches children that television doesn't always offer the best solutions to conflict.
To introduce students to the rating systems for films, videos and television and to the issues that surround these classifications.
In this five- or six-day unit, students create a video podcast to present balanced, unbiased perspectives on global development issues.
I work from home, and I think that means my kids get more sick days than the average student. It’s pretty easy for them to convince me that they need a day of rest if they have a bit of a cough or a slight fever. I admit I’m probably too easily swayed and I do tend to cave in when they look up at me with big sad eyes from where they have swooned onto the couch.