Multimedia 12

Aesthetic Expression

Overall Expectations:

Graduates will be able to respond with critical awareness to various forms of the arts and be able to express themselves through the arts

Specific Expectations:

Students will be expected to

Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 471A/B (Grade 10)

Reading and Viewing

SCO 5: Use personal strategies after reading to interpret the meaning of text.

Students who have achieved this outcome should be able to:

a. describe personal reactions

b. retell and summarize events and/or information

d. distinguish main ideas and supporting details

e. make text to self, text to text, and text to world connections

h. generate questions for further reflection or research

i. reflect on meaning making-processes

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Art 30

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

Spoiled Bratz

It's been a rough couple of months for a brat. Or rather for Bratz – the giant-headed, almond-eyed, scantily dressed dolls that have been giving Barbie a scare for the last few years. One of the toy success stories of the last decade, the Bratz juggernaut now shows signs of slowing down: first, a $100 million judgment against the dolls' manufacturer, MGA Entertainment, which ruled that the original designer first drew them while still under contract at Mattel; then a successful campaign by parents to keep Bratz books out of the Scholastic catalogue, which places books in thousands of schools across North America; and, most painfully, reports that stores have cut shelf space for Bratz by as much as 50 per cent.

Outcome Chart - Nunavut - Grade 7

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

Ontario - Language 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Ontario, Grade 4 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart – Nunavut –Physical Education 12

Strand: Aulajaaqtut

Overall Expectations:

General Outcome B: Benefits Health     

Specific Expectations:

Body Image
4) interpret and evaluate the impact of the media and peer influences on body image

Recognizing Emotional Appeals

This is the third lesson in the Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum series, though it can also be delivered independently. In it, students learn how we can be persuaded by emotional appeals as well as by arguments. After identifying emotionally charged words, they find them in an article and analyze their persuasive effect. Students study a public service announcement to examine how images and story can be emotionally persuasive, then watch a pair of videos to compare how they use emotional persuasion. They then conduct a red teaming exercise to identify the possible risks or drawbacks of using emotional appeals and ways of mitigating those. Finally, they create their own persuasive work using emotionally charged languages, images and music.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Art Grade 7

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Art Grade 7 curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

New Brunswick - English Language Arts 5

Strand: Interactions

Big Idea: Expression

Skill Descriptor:

Express and discuss thoughts, feelings, experiences, ideas, and opinions, and consider those of their peers.

Achievement Indicators:

Describe their thoughts and emotions, personal experiences, and the experiences of others with details

Use descriptive language to express personal ideas and wonderings

Use complete sentences and/or full thoughts to make a point