Resources for Teachers - Television

Transgender Representations in TV and Movies

In this lesson, students are introduced to concepts of gender identity and gender expression and learn about common portrayals of trans people in movies and TV shows.

Video Production of a Newscast - Lesson

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

Comparing Real Families to TV Families - Lesson

In this lesson, students learn how the media construct reality by studying the families portrayed on television, and comparing them to the real-life families they know: their own, and those of their peers.

Facing TV Violence: Rewriting the Script - Lesson

This lesson teaches children that television doesn't always offer the best solutions to conflict.

Gambling in the Media

This lesson looks at the increasing prominence of gambling in the media, particularly movies and television.