Dimensions of Thinking
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S.1 develop skills of critical thinking and creative thinking:
- evaluate ideas and information from multiple sources
- determine relationships among multiple and varied sources of information
- assess the validity of information based on context, bias, sources, objectivity, evidence or reliability
- predict likely outcomes based on factual information
- evaluate personal assumptions and opinions to develop an expanded appreciation of a topic or an issue
- synthesize information from contemporary and historical issues to develop an informed position
- evaluate the logic of assumptions underlying a position
- assemble seemingly unrelated information to support an idea or to explain an event
- analyze current affairs from a variety of perspectives
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MediaSmarts Resources
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Bias and Crime in Media
Bias in News Sources
Celebrities and World Issues
Crime in the News
Crime Perceptions Quiz
Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
Fact Versus Opinion
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
Free Speech and the Internet
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
How to Analyze the News
Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
Political Cartoons
Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
The Citizen Reporter
The Front Page
Unpacking Privilege
Watching the Elections
You Be the Editor
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S.2 develop skills of historical thinking:
- analyze multiple historical and contemporary perspectives within and across cultures
- compare similarities and differences among historical narratives
- discern historical facts from historical interpretations through an examination of multiple sources
- identify reasons underlying similarities and differences among historical narratives
- demonstrate an understanding of how changes in technology can benefit or harm society
- use current, reliable information sources from around the world
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MediaSmarts Resources
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Bias
Bias in News Sources
Fact Versus Opinion
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
Political Cartoons
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S.3 develop skills of geographic thinking:
- use current, reliable information sources from around the world, including online atlases
- assess the impact of human activities on the land and the environment
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MediaSmarts Resources
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Bias
Fact Versus Opinion
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
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S.4 demonstrate skills of decision making and problem solving:
- develop inquiry strategies to make decisions and solve problems
- generate and apply new ideas and strategies to contribute to decision making and problem solving
- describe a plan of action to use technology to solve a problem
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MediaSmarts Resources
Celebrities and World Issues
Challenging Hate Online
Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
Online Cultures and Values
Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
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Social Participation as a Democratic Practice
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S.5 demonstrate skills of cooperation, conflict resolution and consensus building:
- demonstrate leadership by initiating and employing various strategies to resolve conflicts peacefully and equitably
- participate in persuading, compromising and negotiating to resolve conflicts and differences
- interpret patterns of behaviour and attitudes that contribute or pose obstacles to cross-cultural understanding
- respect the needs and perspectives of others
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MediaSmarts Resources
Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
Bias and Crime in Media
Challenging Hate Online
Comparing Crime Dramas
Crime Perceptions Quiz
Cyberbullying and the Law
Diversity and Media Ownership
First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
Free Speech and the Internet
How to Analyze the News
Miscast and Seldom Seen
Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
The Citizen Reporter
Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
Unpacking Privilege
Who’s Telling My Story?
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S.6 develop age-appropriate behaviour for social involvement as responsible citizens contributing to their community:
- demonstrate leadership by engaging in actions that enhance personal and community well-being
- acknowledge the importance of multiple perspectives in a variety of situations
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MediaSmarts Resources
Bias
Bias in News Sources
Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
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Research for deliberative inquiry
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S.7 apply the research process:
- develop, express and defend an informed position on an issue
- reflect on changes of perspective or opinion based on information gathered and research conducted
- consult a wide variety of sources, including oral histories, that reflect varied viewpoints on particular issues
- integrate and synthesize argumentation and evidence to provide an informed opinion on a research question or an issue of inquiry
- select and analyze relevant information when conducting research
- plan and perform complex searches, using digital sources
- generate new understandings of issues by using some form of technology to facilitate the process
- record relevant data for acknowledging sources of information, and cite sources correctly
- respect ownership and integrity of information
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MediaSmarts Resources
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Celebrities and World Issues
Defining Popular Culture
Diversity and Media Ownership
Film Classification Systems in Québec
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
Free Speech and the Internet
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
Marketing to Teens: Talking Back
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
Violence on Film: The Ratings Game
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Communication
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S.8 demonstrate skills of oral, written and visual literacy:
- communicate effectively to express a point of view in a variety of situations
- use skills of formal and informal discussion and/or debate to persuasively express informed viewpoints on an issue
- ask respectful and relevant questions of others to clarify viewpoints
- listen respectfully to others
- use a variety of oral, visual and print sources to present informed positions on issues
- apply information technologies for context (situation, audience and purpose) to extend and communicate understanding of complex issues
- use appropriate presentation software to demonstrate personal understandings
- compose, revise and edit text
- apply general principles of graphic layout and design to a document in process
- understand that different types of information may be used to manipulate and control a message (e.g., graphics, photographs, graphs, charts and statistics)
- apply principles of graphic design to enhance meaning and engage audiences
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MediaSmarts Resources
Bias and Crime in Media
Bias in News Sources
Buy Nothing Day
Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
First Person
First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
Images of Learning
Magazine Production
Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads - Lesson
Marketing to Teens: Talking Back
Miscast and Seldom Seen
Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
Privacy Rights of Children and Teens
Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
Remixing Media
Scripting a Crime Drama
Secure Comics
Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
The Citizen Reporter
The Price of Happiness
The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
Violence on Film: The Ratings Game
Watching the Elections
Who’s Telling My Story?
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S.9 develop skills of media literacy:
- assess the authority, reliability and validity of electronically accessed information
- evaluate the validity of various points of view presented in the media
- appraise information from multiple sources, evaluating each source in terms of the author’s perspective or bias and use of evidence
- analyze the impact of various forms of media, identifying complexities and discrepancies in the information and making distinctions between sound generalizations and misleading oversimplification
- demonstrate discriminatory selection of electronically accessed information that is relevant to a particular topic
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MediaSmarts Resources
How to Analyze the News
Bias and Crime in Media
Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
Perceptions of Youth and Crime
Authentication Beyond the Classroom
Bias in News Sources
Fact Versus Opinion
Bias
Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!
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