Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of the practical applications of science and technology, and of contributions to science and technology from people with diverse lived experiences.
Specific Expectations:
The social studies program in Alberta contains expectations that complement the critical thinking approach of media education. The Alberta social studies curriculum states,
In our changing society, students will need to be practised at using a variety of skills and strategies. Students will need to be able to acquire knowledge, to interpret and communicate information, and to solve problems and make decisions. In doing all of this, students require a wide range of critical and creative thinking skills and strategies that they can apply to a variety of situations.
In this lesson, students start by considering the wide range of science and health information they are likely to encounter in news or through social media. They read an article on a scientific topic to help them understand the particular challenges of verifying science and health information and then use an educational computer game to practice skills in critically reading health and science stories. Finally, students compile a list of reliable sources they can turn to for verifying health and science stories.
In the Atlantic Canada Social Studies Framework, media literacy outcomes are included under the broader categories of Citizenship, Power and Governance; Culture and Diversity; Interdependence; Time, Continuity and Change; Individuals, Societies and Economic Decisions; and People, Place and Environment.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Saskatchewan Health Education curriculum with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site. The foundational and learning objectives of the elementary health curriculum are not categorized by grade level, as it is intended that these objectives will be attained over the entire period from grade 1 to grade 5.
This lesson begins with a brief history of citizen journalism and a discussion of just what it is.
1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.
Specific Expectations:
1.1 Discover possibilities
1.1.2 Experiment with language, image and structure
1.2 Extend awareness
1.2.1 Consider new perspectives
1.2.2 Express preferences, and expand interests
1. Students will listen, speak, read, write, view and represent to explore thoughts, ideas, feelings and experiences.
1.1 Discover possibilities
1.1.2 Experiment with language, image and structure
1.2 Extend awareness
1.2.1 Consider new perspectives
1.2.2 Express preferences, and expand interests