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Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 6

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 6 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 7

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

Outcome Chart - Manitoba - English Language Arts 8

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the Manitoba, Grade 8 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - Consumer Studies 1202

Outcome Chart - Alberta - COM1015: Media

COM1015: Media

1. identify and describe current media

1.1 identify and describe current and new media; e.g., technology, materials

1.2 identify and describe key characteristics of each type of media (e.g., photography, print, audio or video production), given various samples

1.3 identify the message from various types of media

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Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 6

This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 6 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

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.

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