Resources for Teachers - Television

Video Production of a Newscast - Lesson

In this lesson, students will produce a 20 minute news broadcast.

Watching the Elections - Lesson

In this lesson students look at how elections are media events.

Mirror Image: Reflections on Gender and Media

From the tablet to the TV screen, media are a huge influence on how we see ourselves and our world. Nowhere, perhaps, is that more true than when it comes to gender: media provide many of our ideas of what “male” and “female” are, and many of our models of how to behave, what to avoid doing, and whom to emulate in order to play the role we’ve been assigned. 

Teaching Media: Thinking About Media

In this lesson, children begin to think about basic concepts such as how audiences interpret meaning, and the constructed world of television and film.

Violence in Sports

In this lesson, students explore the gratuitous use of violence in sports.