Making Your Voice Heard: A Media Toolkit for Youth is designed to help young people understand how the news industry works, why youth stereotyping happens and how they can access media to get positive youth voices and stories heard.
In much the same way that racialized groups are under- or misrepresented in news media, they are also not accurately portrayed in entertainment media, which tends to reinforce themes that are conveyed in the news. Although positive change is occurring, it is important that media content more accurately and fairly reflect the reality of Canadian multiculturalism.
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - Advanced English Grade 11
Outcome Chart - Nova Scotia - English 10 / English 10 Plus
Students are expected to be able to do the following:
Overall Expectations:
Graduates will be able to assess social, cultural, economic and environmental interdependence in a local and global context
Specific Expectations:
Students will be expected to
5.3 explore and analyze content credibility of websites
Representations of violence aren’t new. In fact, violence has been a key part of media since the birth of literature: Ancient Greek poetry and drama often portrayed murder, suicide and self-mutilation; many of Shakespeare’s plays revel in violence, torture, maiming, rape, revenge and psychological terror; and some of the most popular books of the 19th century were “penny dreadfuls” that delivered blood, gore and other shocks to the lowest common denominator.
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).
Inductive and deductive (NL1)
