Visual Arts 4-6

In the Nova Scotia Visual Arts curriculum, media literacy outcomes are included under the general outcomes requiring students to demonstrate an awareness and appreciation of art as a lifelong process.

Click on a grade level under Visual Arts for a list of media-related outcomes and links to supporting resources from the MediaSmarts site. (Note: as many of our lessons can be adapted to suit different grade levels, specific lessons may be listed for more than one grade. Teachers should also note that individual lessons often satisfy a number of learning outcomes.)

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Applied Sociology 30

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta - Applied Sociology 30 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Career Education

The  British Columbia Career Education curriculum includes a number of media and digital literacy expectations in both the Curricular Competencies and Content, particularly relating to the Personal Development and Connections to Community strands.

Outcome Chart - Prince Edward Island - Visual Arts 10-12: 401A

Overall Expectations: Overall Knowledge and Skills

• recognize and demonstrate that art is inspired by different sources (OKS10.5)

Specific Expectations:

Students will be expected to:

Preparing youth to deal with hate on the Internet

The Boston Marathon tragedy has raised questions about the role the Internet plays in radicalizing youth and, more generally, how it may be used to perpetuate hatred. In Canada, similar questions are being asked about the radicalization of four London Ontario students in the wake of last January’s attack on an Algerian gas plant.

Canadian and World Studies, Grades 9-10

The Ontario Canadian and World Studies curriculum includes expecations that incorporate media and digital literacy skills. The document Canadian and World Studies (2013) includes a section that demonstrates the complementary relationship between the critical thinking of media education and Canadian and World Studies:

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Canadian History Since World War I Grade 10 Applied (CHC 2P)

Outcome Chart - Ontario - Canadian History Since World War I Grade 10 Applied (CHC 2P)

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English as a Second Language 2205

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English as a Second Language 2205

Outcome Chart - Atlantic Provinces - English Language Arts K

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation, Kindergarten English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Each Atlantic Province follows closely the Atlantic Provinces Education Foundation Framework for English Language Arts. In this Framework, media literacy is integrated throughout the English Language Arts curriculum under the general learning outcomes of Speaking and Listening, Reading and Viewing and Writing and Other Ways of Representing.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Literacy Foundations - English Language Arts - Level 5

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Level 5, Literacy Foundations English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.