Skill Descriptor:
Employ critical literacy skills as media consumers.
Achievement Indicators:
Use media terminology (authorship, audience, content, purpose, format, etc.)
Identify codes and conventions of media
Examine other’s ideas and points of view presented, recognizing absent voices
Critically evaluate media ownership and governing regulations
Question and reflect on the role of the consumer
Quebec Competencies Chart - Television Newscasts
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Quebec Competencies Chart - Bias and Crime in Media
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Author: MediaSmarts
Level: Grades 9-12
Lesson Length: 60 minutes
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/digital-skills-democracy-assessing-online-information-make-civic-choices
Author: Matthew Johnson, Director of Education, MediaSmarts
Level: Secondary Cycle Two
Lesson Length: 1-1.5 hours, plus time for assessment/evaluation activity
Subject Area: English Language Arts, Visual Arts, Ethics and Religious Culture
Lesson Link: https://mediasmarts.ca/teacher-resources/reality-check-we-are-all-broadcasters