Outcome Chart - Alberta - Knowledge and Employability Social Studies Grade 8

This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Outcome Chart – Ontario – English: Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Voices – University Preparation Grade 11

C: Reading and Literature Studies 

E: Media Studies  

Overall Expectations: 

C1. Reading for meaning  

E1. Understanding Media Texts: Purpose and Audience  

E1. Understanding Media Texts: Critical Literacy   

Prince Edward Island - English Language Arts 421A/B (Grade 10)

Reading and Viewing

GCO 4: Select, read, and view with understanding, a range of literature, information, media, and visual texts.

SCO 4: Critically analyse the purpose, structure, and characteristics of a variety of texts (fiction, non-fiction, drama, poetry/lyrics, and visual/multimedia)

Video Game Verbs

In this lesson, students learn that video games are unlike other media because they are interactive, allowing players to do things and make choices. They then explore the idea of affordances and defaults by considering the “video game verbs” that different games allow you to do. They consider the commercial, technical, and genre reasons why some verbs are more often possible than others and then create a simple design for a video game in which players are able to do a wider variety of things.

Poynter partners with MediaSmarts to launch the Teen Fact-Checking Network in Canada

March 11, 2024 - MediaWise, the Poynter Institute’s media literacy initiative, is partnering with MediaSmarts, a Canadian non-profit organization, to launch North America’s second 

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English 2202

Outcome Chart - Newfoundland and Labrador - English 2202

Quebec Competencies Chart - The Anatomy of Cool

Quebec Competencies Chart - The Anatomy of Cool

Learning Gender Stereotypes

This is the second of three lessons that address gender stereotypes. The objective of these lessons is to encourage students to develop their own critical intelligence with regard to culturally inherited stereotypes, and to the images presented in the media - film and television, rock music, newspapers and magazines.The lesson begins with a review of stereotypes that are associated with men and women and their possible sources - including the role of the media. Students deconstruct a series of advertisements based on gender representation and answer questions about gender stereotyping about articles they have read.

Tobacco Labels

In this lesson, students debate the effectiveness of health warning labels on tobacco products.