Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues - Lesson
In this two-day unit, students learn strategies for using the Internet effectively to research global development issues.
Outcome Chart - Nunavut - School Health Program 1
Strand: Aulajaaqtut
Overall Expectations: Mental and Emotional Well-being
Relationships:
1. identify ways people work and play together
2. describe the importance of working and playing together
3. identify ways people help each other
4. describe the importance of helping
5. identify things people share with each other
6. describe the importance of sharing
MediaSmarts Resources
Outcome Chart – Nunavut - Social Studies 6
Strand: Nunavusiutit
Themes
C. The Faces of Canada
D. Current Events
Overall Expectations:
13. the challenges and opportunities facing Canada as a multicultural nation
Specific Expectations:
Skills
6. choose research books appropriate for various purposes: dictionaries, encyclopedias, reference books and atlases
7. locate information by using key words, table of contents, index and glossary
How to Talk To Your Kids About Body Image During the Olympic Games
In ancient times the Olympics were a time when all nations – all Greek nations, anyway – would put away their differences and compete in almost every human activity, from poetry to the ferocious no-rules wrestling event called pankration. Being the very best that humans could be was seen as the best way to honour the gods of Olympus. Though we’ve dropped the poetry and the blood sports, people watching the swimming or volleyball events might wonder if we're on the way to bringing back the ancient tradition of competing in the nude. Revealing outfits – like those designed by Lululemon for the Canadian beach volleyball team – may be practical for those events, but they also shine a light on how dressing for sports can make us feel about ourselves. After all, it's hard to feel good about your own body when you've just spent an hour watching the most perfect physiques in the world nearly naked.
Marketing and Consumerism - Special Issues for Tweens and Teens
One of the most important recent developments in advertising to kids has been the defining of a "tween" market (ages 8 to 12).
Teaching the Key Concepts: The Convergence Revolution
Contemporary communication means that the boundaries of genre once controlled by conventions are being smashed as advertising enters journalism and live voices are replaced by texts or tweets. I believe these changes have made the key concepts more relevant and more important to understanding communication in the revolution of convergence. More than ever students need to understand the modes of communication and then obtain the necessary skills to do so in the convergence revolution.
Quebec Competencies Chart - Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy
Quebec Competencies Chart - Behaving Ethically Online: Ethics and Empathy
Outcome Chart - Manitoba - Dramatic Arts – K-4
Strand: Making (DR-M3)
Overall Expectations:
- The learner demonstrates an understanding of and a facility with theatrical elements that contribute to the dramatic arts.
Outcome Chart - British Columbia - Social Studies Grade 5
This outcome chart contains media education learning outcomes from the British Columbia, Grade 5 Social Studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the MediaSmarts site.
The Privacy Dilemma
In this lesson students learn the ways that the apps they use are designed to encourage them to share more information—both with other users and with the apps themselves. They are then introduced to the idea of persuasive design or “dark patterns” and investigate whether these are used to make it more difficult to opt out of data collection on popular apps. Finally, the class creates a “rogues’ gallery” to help them identify dark patterns when they encounter them.