Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Social Studies 9
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 9 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Law 120
Outcome Chart - New Brunswick - Law 120
Press Play
On Saturday, September 26, 2009, the US network Nickelodeon did something unusual: it switched itself off. This was in observance of the "Worldwide Day of Play," an event Nickelodeon inaugurated in 2004. The network -- along with its sister channels Noggin, the N, and Nicktoons, and their associated Web sites -- went dark for three hours to encourage its young viewers to "ride a bike, do a dance, kick a ball, skate a board, jump a rope, swing a swing, climb a wall, run a race, do ANYTHING that gets you up and playing!"
Let’s Talk: Finding Reliable Mental Health Information and Resources
Welcome to the Let’s Talk: Finding Reliable Mental Health Information and Resources program for students in Grades 7-8. This program was developed in partnership with MediaSmarts and Kids Help Phone, and was made possible with funding from Bell.
Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
This lesson introduces students to the ways in which commercial apps and websites collect personal information from kids and to the issues surrounding children and privacy on the Internet. Students begin by considering how comfortable they would be with people knowing various things about them, and then watch and discuss a video which explains how targeted advertising works. They then explore the idea of targeted advertising through a class exercise in which Prince Charming tries to target Cinderella with an ad for glass slippers, and then analyze how their own personal information might be used to target them with ads. In the second part of the lesson, students are introduced to privacy policies and how they are rated by the website Terms of Service, Didn’t Read. They read and analyze the site’s rating for a popular app and then learn ways to limit data collection. In an extension activity, students are introduced to the idea of “dark patterns” and imagine how the Wicked Queen might use them to convince Snow White to accept “poison” cookies.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Can You Spot the Ad?
Quebec Competencies Chart - Can You Spot the Ad?
Quebec Competencies Chart - Put Your Best Face Forward
Quebec Competencies Chart - Put Your Best Face Forward
Outcome Chart - Alberta - Health and Life Skills Grade 2
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 2 Health and Life Skills curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
Career Education
The Newfoundland career education curriculum includes expectations that incorporate media education themes. The curriculum document Career Development Intermediate (2012) includes a section that demonstrates the complementary relationship between media literacy and career education: