Media Literacy for the 2024 Provincial General Election in British Columbia

This lesson package is designed to be modular, allowing teachers to choose activities that are most relevant to their students. The lesson includes: an opening “minds on” activity that introduces essential concepts of election-related misinformation, helps students retrieve prior knowledge, and shows the relevance of the topic;  several activities which teachers can choose from based on the needs and context of their classes; a closing activity that introduces students to different strategies for verifying election-related information, including the idea of turning to a best single source (in this case, Elections BC). They then learn and practice engaging in active citizenship by responding to election-related disinformation.

Authenticating Information, Journalism & News, Marketing & Consumerism

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Kindergarten

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Kindergarten, Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 1

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.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 2

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.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 3

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 3, Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 7

This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 7 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 5

This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 4

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 4 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Alberta - Health and Life Skills Grade 5

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Alberta Grade 5 Health and Life Skills curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.