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Media Education Foundation: Deconstructing an Advertisement [Pdf]
Outline of the steps involved and the questions to ask in critically assessing a print advertisement.
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In Time: Evaluating Media for Bias
This site provides a checklist, especially helpful for teachers, that details the way to check media elements to be used in the classroom for biases. This site provides six questions to help evaluate the effectiveness of the media in...
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History Buff: History of Newspapers in 1930's Chicago
First-person recount of how journalism and the papers were affected by outside forces in the 1930s. One focus is on circulation, delivery, and problems faced because of crime.
McREL International
Mid Continent Research for Education and Learning: Deconstructing Media Messages
This brief lesson focuses on the roles that many different people play in the creation of media messages and advertising.
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Frank Baker: Information Literacy Exercise
Using an article from Dateline Hollywood, this lesson explores a media message and examines its content.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that examines the way in which newspapers and articles are constructed. The end of the flipchart focuses specifically on the battle of Glencoe, but the majority of the flipchart has much...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Recognizing Propaganda: Loaded Language
Lesson plan designed for consumer health class, that is also useful for media literacy. Contains a link to an ad for an abdominal strengthening machine that provides the basis of the lesson plan. SL.9-10.2 eval & integrate sources
CNN
Cnn: News or Entertainment?
This article describes the controversy surrounding tabloid news shows looking for exemption from the TV rating system.
Edutopia
Edutopia: Media Smarts: Students Evolve From Consumers to Critics and Creator
This article from Edutopia offers an overview of both the importance of media literacy and some innovative examples of teaching media literacy.
San Diego State University
Glossary of Journalism Terms
A brief glossary of terms that relate to journalism.