Module One: History in the Making
Overall Expectations
Convey and explore their own ideas, personal experiences and cultural perspectives through their arts expressions.
Specific Expectations
Drama
- Make purposeful choices among processes, strategies, language and dramatic elements to direct the course and quality of the work
Visual Art
- Choose and explore appropriate media, technology, forms and methods for their visual expression
- Reflect on and discuss the intentions, development and interpretations of their own and their peers’ work
MediaSmarts Resources
- Cyberbullying and Civic Participation
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Exposing Gender Stereotypes
- First Person
- First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
- Gender and Tobacco
- Images of Learning
- Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Remixing Media
- Secure Comics
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- The Blockbuster Movie
- The Price of Happiness
- The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
- Tobacco Labels
- Watching the Elections
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Increase their understanding of developments, innovations, and outstanding individuals and groups in the arts, within the respective cultural and historical contexts
Specific Expectations
Drama
- Demonstrate critical thought and support interpretations and opinions when responding to works of dramatic art
- Examine environmental, historical and social factors and issues that have influenced developments and innovations in works of dramatic art
- Identify how works of dramatic art can transmit or question cultural and societal traditions, values and ideas
Music
- Demonstrate critical thought and support interpretations and opinions when responding to music
- Examine environmental, historical and social factors and issues that have influenced developments and innovations in music
- Identify how music can transmit or question cultural and societal traditions, values and ideas
Visual Art
- Demonstrate critical thought and support interpretations and opinions when responding to visual art
- Develop an understanding of how symbols and images are used by various artists to express ideas, feelings, social and political positions, etc.
- Examine environmental, historical and social factors and issues that have influenced developments and innovations in visual art
- Identify how works of visual art can transmit or question cultural and societal traditions, values and ideas
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Alcohol Myths
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Celebrities and World Issues
- Crime in the News
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- First Person
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Kellogg Special K Ads
- Learning Gender Stereotypes
- Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
- Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Popular Music and Music Videos
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Selling Obesity
- Selling Tobacco
- Sex in Advertising
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Blockbuster Movie
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- The Price of Happiness
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Video Games
- Violence on Television
Module Three: Tell It Like It Is!
Overall Expectations
Continue to explore various sources of ideas and develop and convey their ideas through the arts
Specific Expectations
Drama
- Continue to develop an understanding of how dramatic artists acquire and develop ideas
- Explore, develop and convey their ideas through drama
- Demonstrate co-operative effort and a willingness to accept the ideas of others, recognizing that drama combines many individual ideas and contributions to form a whole artistic expression
Visual Art
- Continue to develop an understanding of how visual artists acquire and develop ideas
- Explore, develop and convey their ideas through visual art
- Continue to demonstrate understanding of the ways in which the elements of art, principles of design, manipulation of visual images and media affect expression and meaning
MediaSmarts Resources
- Cyberbullying and Civic Participation
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Exposing Gender Stereotypes
- First Person
- First, Do No Harm: Being an Active Witness to Cyberbullying
- Gender and Tobacco
- Images of Learning
- Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
- Online Marketing to Kids: Strategies and Techniques
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Remixing Media
- Secure Comics
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- The Blockbuster Movie
- The Price of Happiness
- The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
- Tobacco Labels
- Watching the Elections
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Examine how various artists have represented or interpreted ideas that relate to those being explored by the students
Specific Expectations
Drama
- Develop an understanding of various ways that human experience is reflected in their own work and that of their peers
- Continue to demonstrate critical thinking and support opinions using appropriate language and vocabulary when responding to works of dramatic art
- Examine, analyse and interpret the work of dramatic artists within the works’ cultural and historical context
Music
- Examine, analyse and interpret the work of musicians and composers within the works’ cultural and historical context
Visual Art
- Examine, analyse and interpret the work of artists within the works’ cultural and historical context
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Alcohol Myths
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Celebrities and World Issues
- Crime in the News
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- First Person
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Kellogg Special K Ads
- Learning Gender Stereotypes
- Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
- Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Popular Music and Music Videos
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Selling Obesity
- Selling Tobacco
- Sex in Advertising
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Blockbuster Movie
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- The Price of Happiness
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Video Games
- Violence on Television
Module Four: Film and Video
Overall Expectations
Increase their understanding of the language, techniques and creative processes of film and video as art forms
Specific Expectations
- Continue to develop an understanding of the elements of filmmaking
- Examine techniques and special effects in film
- Increase awareness of the various roles of individuals and the collaborative process involved in filmmaking
MediaSmarts Resources
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- The Blockbuster Movie
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Develop and convey their ideas through film and video
Specific Expectations
- Apply their knowledge of the language and processes of filmmaking to create films and/or videos
- Increase and apply technical skills
- Explore and express their own ideas and points of view through the art of film and video
MediaSmarts Resources
Overall Expectations
Increase their understanding of historical developments in film and video, considering a film’s cultural and historical context
Specific Expectations
- Develop a critical understanding of several film genres
- Develop an awareness of significant influences and issues in the history of film
MediaSmarts Resources
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- The Blockbuster Movie
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Develop an understanding of the ideas and work of various film and video artists
Specific Expectations
- Examine films and videos that reflect varied perspectives and representations
- Develop criteria with which to evaluate and respond to the aesthetic qualities of film and video
MediaSmarts Resources
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- The Blockbuster Movie
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Module Five: The Arts and Popular Culture
Overall Expectations
Create arts expressions that refer to images, symbols, experiences, objects or events drawn from popular culture
Specific Expectations
Create art works that incorporate images, symbols, objects or events related to popular culture
MediaSmarts Resources
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Dealing with Digital Stress
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
- First Person
- Images of Learning
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
- Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- Put Your Best Face Forward
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Remixing Media
- The Price of Happiness
- The Privacy Dilemma: Lesson Plan for Senior Classrooms
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Watching the Elections
Overall Expectations
Examine ways that the dominant popular culture of a society is a construction of reality that may represent or misrepresent real-life experiences
Specific Expectations
- Examine various constructions of reality in print and media advertising and in popular prime time television programs that are directed at a teenage audience
- Examine ways that women and minority groups have been portrayed on television and in popular films
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Bias in News Sources
- Celebrities and World Issues
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Exposing Gender Stereotypes
- First Person
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Images of Learning
- Kellogg Special K Ads
- Learning Gender Stereotypes
- 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
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Online Gambling and Youth
- Perceptions of Youth and Crime
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Selling Obesity
- Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Citizen Reporter
- The Girl in the Mirror
- The Impact of Gender Stereotypes
- The Price of Happiness
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- Unpacking Privilege
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Examine popular culture through the ages at various times and places, exploring social, historical and artistic forces that shape popular culture
Specific Expectations
- Analyse the effects of popular music, dance, drama and visual images on daily life
- Explore the influence of role models in popular culture through the ages
MediaSmarts Resources
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Bias in News Sources
- Buy Nothing Day
- Crime in the News
- First Person
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Online Cultures and Values
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Scapegoating and Othering
- Sex in Advertising
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Girl in the Mirror
- The Impact of Gender Stereotypes
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Module Six: Expanding Horizons: The Arts in Canada
Overall Expectations
Understand ways in which the arts in Canada identify, preserve and create a diverse Canadian culture
Specific Expectations
Examine the factors that influence cultural identity, both within and outside of Canada
MediaSmarts Resources
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Diversity and Media Ownership
- Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Hate 2.0
- Hate or Debate
- Miscast and Seldom Seen
- Online Cultures and Values
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
- Perceptions of Youth and Crime
- Scapegoating and Othering
- Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
- The Front Page
- The Girl in the Mirror
- Thinking about Hate
Module Seven: Global Connections
Overall Expectations
Examine ways that artists may choose to address global issues through their work
Specific Expectations
- Explore the role of arts as social commentary
- Gain an understanding of contemporary Indigenous peoples’ ideas and sociopolitical aspirations expressed through the arts – national and global
MediaSmarts Resources
- Advertising and Male Violence
- Beyond Media Messages: Media Portrayal of Global Development
- Crime in the News
- Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
- Digital Storytelling for Civic Engagement
- Free Speech and the Internet
- Introduction to Online Civic Engagement
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Online Cultures and Values
- Online Propaganda and the Proliferation of Hate
- Political Cartoons
- Relationships and Sexuality in the Media
- Sex in Advertising
- Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media
- Suffragettes and Iron Ladies
- The Citizen Reporter
- The Pornography Debate: Controversy in Advertising
- Transgender Representation in TV and Movies
- Violence on Television
- Watching the Elections
- Who’s Telling My Story?
Overall Expectations
Create arts expressions in response to global concerns
Specific Expectations
Respond to global issues through the creation of their own art works
MediaSmarts Resources
- Bias and Crime in Media
- Buy Nothing Day
- Challenging Hate Online
- Digital Outreach for Civic Engagement
- Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns
- First Person
- Making Media for Democratic Citizenship
- Online Relationships: Respect and Consent
- The Price of Happiness
- Who’s Telling My Story?