Saskatchewan - Outcome Chart - Communication Media
This outcome chart features links to MediaSmarts lessons and activities that support media-related learning objectives for Communication Media 10, 20, 30.

This outcome chart features links to MediaSmarts lessons and activities that support media-related learning objectives for Communication Media 10, 20, 30.

Overall Expectations:
CM 1.1 develop and realize artworks demonstrating skillful knowledge of formal principles, and present a body of work in a formal exhibition
CM 1.2 explore and demonstrate intrinsic properties of art media to express specific intent
CM 1.3 sustain a concept through diverse approaches and art media in a series of artworks

Given their increasing use of the Internet to find information, now is also a good time to introduce strategies for determining authorship and authority of online information so they can recognize good health information, biased or hateful content, and online scams and hoaxes.
At this age media influences on gender norms and body image are becoming more intense. Children need to learn to apply key media literacy concepts to online spaces such as social networks.

GLO 1.1: Demonstrate critical, creative, and innovative thinking.
SLO 12A.1.1.2: Evaluate information and perspectives related to the thinking process.
SLO 12A.1.1.3: Evaluate patterns and connections related to critical, creative, and innovative thinking.

CP30.1 Investigate creative processes for producing arts expressions.
Indicators
a. Investigate inspiration and departure points for own artistic work.
b. Engage in creative processes to develop artistic projects individually or collaboratively (e.g., choreographic process, visual art-making process, music composition process, dramatic/theatrical process).

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta, Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

This chart contains media-related learning outcomes from Ontario, Curriculum for History CHA3U: American History, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Overall Expectations:
Global citizenship and sustainability involves understanding diverse world views and perspectives in order to effectively address the various political, environmental, social, and economic issues that are central to living sustainably in today’s interconnected and interdependent world. It also involves acquiring the knowledge, motivation, dispositions, and skills required for engaged citizenship, along with an appreciation of the diversity of people and perspectives in the world. It calls for the ability to envision and work towards a better and more sustainable future for all.


There's an old urban legend called “the water engine,” which tells of the discovery of a way to turn water into fuel. There are variations to the story – sometimes it's tap water, sometimes sea water; in recent versions it's specified the fuel is nonpolluting – but the ending is always the same: the invention is suppressed by the oil companies, either by buying the invention and burying it or by forcing the inventor into ruin and suicide.