Citizenship, Power, and Governance
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.
By the end of grade 6, students will be expected to:
- identify and explain the rights and responsibilities of individual citizens in a local, national, and global context
- Recognize how and why individuals and groups have different perspectives on public issues.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Media Kids
- Put Downs
- Prejudice and Body Image
- Images of Learning
- TV Stereotypes
- Stereotyping and Bias
- Sheroes and Heroes
- Villains, Heroes and Heroines
- What’s in a Word?
- Avatars and Body Image
- Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity
Educational Games
Student Tutorials (Licensed Resource)
Culture and Diversity
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of culture, diversity, and world view, while recognizing the similarities and differences reflected in various personal, cultural, racial, and ethnic perspectives.
- explain why cultures meet human needs and wants in diverse ways;
- describe how perspectives influence the ways in which experiences are interpreted.
MediaSmarts Resources
- The Broadcast Project
- Elections and the Media
- Advertising All Around Us
- Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller
- Teaching TV: Learning With Television
- The Anatomy of Cool
Individuals, Societies, and Economic Decisions
Students will be expected to demonstrate the ability to make responsible economic decisions as individuals and as members of society
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising All Around Us
- The Anatomy of Cool
- Creating a Marketing Frenzy
- Create a Youth Consumer Magazine
- Co-Co’s AdverSmarts
- Freedom to Smoke
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Understanding Brands
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising: Interpreting Media Messages
- “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports
- Who’s on First? Alcohol Advertising and Sports
- Junk Food Jungle
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Media Kids
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Packaging Tricks
- Scientific Detectives
- Thinking About Television and Movies
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company: Grades 4-6
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
- You’ve Gotta Have a Gimmick
- Avatars and Body Image
- Game Time
- Pay for Play
Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)
People, Place, and Environment
Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the interactions among people, places, and the environment.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising All Around Us
- Co-Co’s AdverSmarts
- Cop Shows
- Elections and the Media
- Freedom to Smoke
- Humour on Television
- Images of Learning
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 1: Messages About Drinking
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 2: Young Drinkers
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 3: Understanding Brands
- Kids, Alcohol and Advertising 4: Interpreting Media Messages
- “He Shoots, He Scores”: Alcohol Advertising and Sports
- Who’s on First? Alcohol Advertising and Sports
- Media Kids
- Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Packaging Tricks
- The True Story
- Understanding the Internet: Pathways and Addresses