Uquasiliriniq

Overall Expectations

Communication

Language

Creative & Artistic Expression

Reflective & Critical Thinking

MediaSmarts Resources

Advertising and Male Violence

Bias

Bias in the News

Broadcasting Codes

Camera Shots

Comparing Crime Dramas

Create a Youth Consumer Magazine

Crime in the News

Crime Perceptions Quiz

Deconstructing Web Pages

Definitions and Comments about the News

Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns

Fact Versus Opinion

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

How to Analyze the News

Hype!

ICYouSee: A Lesson in Critical Thinking

Images of Learning: Secondary

Kellogg Special K Ads

Magazine Production

Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Marketing to Teens: Introduction

Movie Heroes and the Heroic Journey

News Journalism Across the Media: Summative Activities

News Journalism Across the Media: Introduction

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Political Cartoons

Popular Music and Music Videos

Radio News

Scripting a Crime Drama

Selling Tobacco

Sex in Advertising - Lesson

Suffragettes and Iron Ladies

Television Broadcast Ratings

The Blockbuster Movie

The Broadcast Project

The Function of Music

The Newspaper Front Page

The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising

The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem

The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem

The Privacy Dilemma

Thinking About Hate

Video Production of a Newscast

Viewing a Crime Drama

Violence on Television

What Students Need to Know about Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy

Who Knows? Your Privacy in the Information Age

You Be the Editor

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

Nunavusiutit

Overall Expectations

Heritage & Culture

History

Geography

Environmental Science

Civics & Economics

MediaSmarts Resources

Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development

Bias

Bias in the News

Buy Nothing Day

Celebrities and World Issues

Challenging Hate

Defining Popular Culture

Fact Versus Opinion

Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues

Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion? You Decide!

Hype!

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Suffragettes and Iron Ladies

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

MyWorld: A digital literacy tutorial for secondary students

Aulajaaqtut

Module 1: The Essentials of Working with Others

Students will increase self-awareness by:   

• exploring social media for examples of personal presentation
• identifying and reporting on the factors contributing to image

Students will use media and technology and a variety of communication strategies to give and request information by:   

• developing clear questions and answers
• examining three main types of questions

Students will explore the role of communication in conflict situations by:   

• outlining the use of effective communication to deal with conflict
• using tactful language for clarity in communication

 8. Students will identify cultural and social factors related to working with others by:    

• reflecting on outcomes related to cultural and social misunderstandings
• synthesizing information and creating an alternative point of view

10. Students will apply skills of working with others by:    

• participating in a summative, collaborative presentation for younger students using media technology

MediaSmarts Resources

Bias and Crime in Media

Cyberbullying and the Law

Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement

Diversity and Media Ownership

First Person

First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying

Introduction to Online Civic Engagement

Magazine Production

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

Miscast and Seldom Seen

Online Relationships: Respect and Consent

Put Your Best Face Forward

Relationships and Sexuality in the Media

Remixing Media

Secure Comics

The Function of Music

The Price of Happiness

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

Transgender Representation in TV and Movies

Who’s Telling My Story?

Module 2: Essential Writing

Students will examine modern forms of media communication by:    

• researching the impact of technology
• writing brief reports on their findings

Students will use media to write to share information by:

• writing a persuasive email

10. Students will review and use the writing skills presented in this module by:   

• planning, completing and evaluating a final writing project on a teacher-approved topic which presents information in written/printed form and is intended to persuade
• using various technologies such as PowerPoint, music software, video/sound records, cartoon/comic software and word processing to complete their project

MediaSmarts Resources

Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement

Hate 2.0

Magazine Production

Making Media for Democratic Citizenship

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Miscast and Seldom Seen

Online Marketing to Kids: Protecting Your Privacy

Online Relationships: Respect and Consent

Perceptions of Youth and Crime

Relationships and Sexuality in the Media

Remixing Media

Secure Comics

Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media

Television Broadcast Ratings

The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms

Violence on Film: The Ratings Game

Watching the Elections

Module 4: Essential Reading

Students will improve critical reading skills by

• exploring and practising persuasive techniques in advertising

MediaSmarts Resources

Advertising and Male Violence

Alcohol on the Web

Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns

Kellogg Special K Ads

Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising

Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

Sex in Advertising

The Blockbuster Movie

The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising