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In a house full of Lego, board games, basketballs and sidewalk chalk, it’s amazing how quickly boredom can set in. The magical screen seems to fix all – it’s like a siren song, constantly calling them, beckoning them with its flickering blue light.
Today's definition of literacy is more than reading and writing. In order to be functionally literate in our media-saturated world, children and young people—in fact, all of us—have to be able to read the messages that daily inform us, entertain us and sell to us. Media literacy education, therefore, must begin long before children become print literate to prepare them to critically engage with the media they consume.
Explore and create
Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Art K-12: Key Stage Curriculum Outcomes
In the working guide Journey On: Working Toward Communication and Information Technology Literacy, media-related outcomes are integrated throughout the CIT curriculum.
Coping
1. define stress
2. identify causes of stress
3. identify how stress affects the body
1. identify specific methods of dealing with stress
1. define depression
2. identify causes of depression
3. identify the signals of depression
4. identify ways of dealing with depression