Outcome Chart - Ontario - Designing Your Future 11 Open GWL3O

Personal Knowledge and Management Skills

Overall Expectations:

By the end of this course, students will:

Outcome Chart – Prince Edward Island – Social Studies 10: Civics and Citizenship 421A

Overall Expectations:

GCO 1: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship and the origins, functions, and sources of power, authority, and governance

GCO 3: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and worldview, recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives

Teaching youth about marketing and consumerism focus of Media Literacy Week 2013

Ottawa (March, 2013) MediaSmarts and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF) are pleased to announce that marketing and consumerism will be the focus of Canada’s eighth annual Media Literacy Week, to be held November 4-8, 2013.

The official theme of the week: “What’s Being Sold: Helping Kids Make Sense of Marketing Messages” , will encourage educators and parents to talk to children and teens about the marketing they encounter on a daily basis.  

Outcome Chart – Newfoundland & Labrador – Social Studies 3201

Unit 1: Integrated Concepts and Process Skills

Overall Expectations:

1.0 explain how democratic principles and civic engagement can influence the human experience

2.0 analyze information, events, ideas, issues, places, and trends to understand how they influence the human experience

3.0 respond to significant issues influencing the human experience

Specific Expectations:

1.2 collaborate to achieve a common goal

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Graphic Arts 11

Students are expected to be able to do the following:

Explore and create

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts 9

This outcome chart contains media-related learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 9 English Language Arts curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.

Air for sale

Despite a few attempts, air is still free – but airwaves aren't: on January 25th, 2008, the U.S. government began auctioning off rights to frequencies in the 700 megahertz spectrum. These frequencies, which until now have been used to carry broadcast TV signals, are the last important part of the spectrum that will be available for the expanding mobile communications market. These airwaves are being sold (or to be more precise, licensed for ten years) by auction by the Federal Communication Commission – you can watch it gavel-by-gavel at the FCC's Web site. The government hopes to raise $15 billion dollars from the sale, but various factors (particularly the stock market's recent troubles) have kept bidding lower than expected.

Outcome Chart - British Columbia - English Language Arts 12

Big Ideas

• The exploration of text and story deepens our understanding of diverse, complex ideas about identity, others, and the world.
• People understand text differently depending on their worldviews and perspectives.
• Texts are socially, culturally, geographically, and historically constructed
• Questioning what we hear, read, and view contributes to our ability to be educated and engaged citizens.

Overall Expectations: Comprehending a