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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Facing TV Violence: Consequences and Media Violence

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Make your class aware of the difference between media violence and real violence. Using prior knowledge, a video clip, and a worksheet, class members explore and discuss the unrealistic portrayal of violence in the media. Learners...
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Michigan State University

Researching and Compiling Survey Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Bring Internet research and social issues to your language arts class in this activity. After investigating the topic "Media Violence and How It Affects Teenagers" on the Internet, middle schoolers work in groups to compile their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Media Violence - The Good, the Bad and the Future

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders define, identify, measure, and assess the level and impact of violence in media. The media forms evaluated include music, sitcoms, news, and other programs that are identified and shared by the class. 
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Media Smarts

Media Smarts

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's Centre for Digital and Media Literacy provides resources regarding media violence, media stereotyping, online hate, and information privacy. Each article is available in English and French.
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Website
PBS

Pbs News Hour: A Deadly Trend

For Students 9th - 10th
Transcript of an interview with three experts on the issue of school violence, following the school shooting in Springfield, Oregon in 1998. (Aired: May 22, 1998)
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Other

The Influence of Media Violence on Youth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Useful for papers and research projects about the effects of media violence on youth, this report was published in an academic journal.