Overall Expectations
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the impact of colonialism experienced by Aboriginal peoples in Alberta and Canada.
Specific Expectations
Students will:
demonstrate an understanding of how cultural differences, social pressures and common misunderstandings can foster negative stereotypes:
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Media educator John Pungente's series Beyond the Screen, airing on Bravo!, now has its own Web site, where teachers can find resources and tips on integrating the series into their classrooms. Father John Pungente, a longtime media educator and founding Board member of MNet, planned the series as a follow-up to his acclaimed Scanning the Movies. Like its predecessor, Beyond the Screen is intended as a way of teaching viewers to “read” movies. In Beyond the Screen Pungente uses clips from current movies and interviews with cast and crew to shed light on filmmaking techniques, genre, and theme. The Web site offers showtimes and previews of upcoming episodes and links to teachers' guides. (So far the only guide that's been posted is for Speed Racer, but the guide for The Dark Night should be up shortly; upcoming episodes on Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince should be popular as well.)
Overall Expectations
Students will be expected to:
Specific Expectations
Students will be expected to:
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 1, English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 2, Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
In this lesson, students are introduced to the privacy principles that inform the Alberta and BC Personal Information Protection Acts, Québec’s An Act Respecting the Protection of Personal Information in the Private Sector and the students’ federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) relating to personal information collection online. They learn ways to find out what personal information may or has been collected by platforms that they use, how to limit data collection about themselves, and the various forms of recourse that are available to them if they feel an organization is not respecting their rights.
Skill Descriptor:
Identify a need or problem to innovate or solve a sector-specific challenge or project and develop technical drawings of possible solutions.
Achievement Indicators:
Identify the need or problem, project goal(s), and date required
Identify any other attempts to solve the need or problem and develop a unique solution
Students will…
3. Assess textual, numerical, aural, and visual information, as well as the source of the media, to determine context, perspective, bias, and/or motive. (G-3.2)
4. Self-assess ICT representations and go beyond established criteria by enhancing meaning and/or artistry, according to topic, audience, purpose, and occasion. (Pr-3.2)