Arts

In the Newfoundland and Labrador Art curriculum, media components are found throughout the K-12 grades under the Key Stage Curriculum Outcomes in which students are expected to demonstrate critical awareness of and the value for the role of the arts in creating and reflecting culture and analyse the relationship between artistic intent and the expressive work. Within the individual courses media components are found in the strands Understanding and Connecting Contexts of Time, Place, and Community and Perception, Culture, Technology.

Social Studies K-9

Many curricular expectations in B.C. Social Studies courses relate to media and digital literacy. The core historical and geographical thinking concepts include a consideration for evidence, perspectives, and ethics, all of which are required for teaching students to be digitally literate citizens. Thus, media and digital literacy skills and concepts can be found in  many of the Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies and specific course content.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Health and Life Skills Grade 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 3 Health and Life Skills curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Mathematics 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the BC Mathematics 6 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Curricular Competencies

Students are expected to do the following:

Reasoning and analyzing

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Digital Literacy

Overall Expectations:

Digital literacy involves the ability to solve problems using technology in a safe, legal, and ethically responsible manner. With the ever-expanding role of digitalization and big data in the modern world, digital literacy also means having strong data literacy skills and the ability to engage with emerging technologies. Digitally literate students recognize the rights and responsibilities, as well as the opportunities, that come with living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world.

Quebec Competencies Chart – Digital Skills for Democracy: Assessing online information to make civic choices

Author: MediaSmarts
Level: Grades 9-12
Lesson Length: 60 minutes
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/digital-skills-democracy-assessing-online-information-make-civic-choices

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 number of statements taken from interviews with youth that highlight issues of self-representation, body image and gender standards, and learn about “photoshopping” images. Finally, students apply what they have learned by modifying an image that is at least 50 years old to meet “selfie” standards.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts Grade 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 3, English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts Grade 2

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 2, English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Health Education Grade 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Newfoundland and Labrador Grade 6 Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.