Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Arts 6

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Arts 6

Home Economics Overview

Home Economics incorporates various media education themes, such as completing research, fostering human relationships, education about consumerism, and resource management.  In the Intermediate Level Home Economics Program: Overview and Organization, the Canadian Home Economics Association defines the subject as:

Calling Out versus Calling In: Helping youth respond to casual prejudice online

Youth are often reluctant to “call out” their friends or peers who say or do prejudiced things online because they’re afraid that others might get mad at them or because they’re not sure if the person intended to be prejudiced. Putting someone on the spot for something they’ve said or done is more likely to make them feel guilty or angry and not likely to change their mind around the impact of their actions, and it can also make the situation about the person who’s “calling out” instead of what the other person said or did.

This lesson introduces students to the idea of “calling in” – reaching out to someone privately with the assumption that they didn’t mean to do any harm – and explores how this idea can be applied both to casual prejudice online and when responding to stereotyping and other negative representations in media. Finally, students explore the different benefits of “calling out” and “calling in”, and consider when the two strategies would be most appropriate.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Physical Education/Health Education Grade 2

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 2 Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Nunavut - Grade 8

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

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Physical Education/Health Education Senior 2

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba Senior 2 (Grade 10) Physical Education/Health Education curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Physical Education/Health Education Grade 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 3 Physical Education/ Health Education Grade 3 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Media Awareness Network Marks Safer Internet Day with New Tools to Address Cyber Bullying in Canadian Classrooms

Ottawa, February 10, 2009 – Media Awareness Network (MNet) today launched the classroom resource Cyber Bullying: Encouraging Ethical Online Behaviour to meet the growing need for educational materials that address the issue of cyber bullying in Canadian schools. The launch coincides with Safer Internet Day—an international event to promote safe and responsible use of online technology and mobile phones among children and young people.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Art Level 2 (Grades 3-4)

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Art Level 2 (Grades 3-4) curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Media Literacy for the 2024 Provincial General Election in British Columbia

This lesson package is designed to be modular, allowing teachers to choose activities that are most relevant to their students. The lesson includes: an opening “minds on” activity that introduces essential concepts of election-related misinformation, helps students retrieve prior knowledge, and shows the relevance of the topic;  several activities which teachers can choose from based on the needs and context of their classes; a closing activity that introduces students to different strategies for verifying election-related information, including the idea of turning to a best single source (in this case, Elections BC). They then learn and practice engaging in active citizenship by responding to election-related disinformation.