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Audio Media Creation and Exploration

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students research historical people and events in their community and crate audio files that are shared in the form of locative media. In this audio media lesson plan, students give presentations in front of the class.
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Children's Media and Censorship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers form opinions about children and television censorship after analyzing literature. They complete a journal writing activity to identify the topic and make a list of inappropriate television shows for children. Next, they...
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Teaching Tolerance

Listen Up! PSA for Change

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Challenge scholars to speak up about a topic by creating a public service announcement or social media blitz about an issue they feel passionate about. Have them research their issues, then decide the best way to take their messages to...
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Media Smarts

The Broadcast Project

For Teachers K - 8th
As part of a unit on media studies, kids are asked to chart their viewing habits, observe the advertising that sponsors their favorite shows, and then to imagine what they would broadcast if given a block of airtime.
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Judicial Branch of California

The Power of the Press: The First Amendment

For Teachers 5th Standards
Was what happened in 1886 at the Haymarket riot a crime or a case of xenophobia? Using political cartoons from the time, young historians consider the role the media played in anti-labor sentiment during the time and how that influenced...
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Debate: Press Censorship

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students consider the responsibility of the media to present newsworthy items while still protecting national security during times of war. They take sides acting as politicians and newsmen and debate the merits of censorship of the media.
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Medieval News

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a instructional activity constructed in order to dissect the parts of a story used by the news media in order to communicate to the public. They use the media in order to help obtain information. Students create...
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Techniques Used to Convey Messages in Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different types of media. In this media awareness lesson, students discover techniques used in print, language, symbolic, and technical media as they rotate through classroom station activities.
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Fact Finders—The Media During Times of Crisis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice finding reputable facts. In this media awareness lesson, students review a handout regarding tips for evaluating media and then discover the SMART method which they use to analyze news sources and media.
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Mixed Up Media

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore online journalism. In this journalism instructional activity, students discover how electronic medias are changing journalism, examine the conventions of electronic media, and discuss the authority and reliability of...
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Journey to Understanding the Elements of Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the elements of film. In this media awareness lesson, students view film clips and discuss the impact of lighting, music, setting, and costumes on the films. 
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Women in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss ways they think women and men are portrayed in the mass media. They watch an excerpt from SISTERS OF '77 discussing media coverage of the event. Students write an essay describing their reactions to women in the media.
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Evolution of Mass Media after 1920

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study the importance of media through American History.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders develop teamwork skills discovering information regarding an assigned time period.  Students predict and analyze the...
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Mining Mass Media

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the attributes of electronic media. In this journalism lesson plan, students compare and contrast electronic and print versions of the same news stories. Students then write their one broadcast news stories.
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Techniques Used to Convey Media Messages

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners consider the impact of media messages. For this media awareness lesson, students discover the types of media techniques employed in advertising and share examples of each as they create media message collages.
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Understanding and Explaining the Role of the Media in a Free and Democratic Society

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners select one from a list of possible research projects about the role of the media in a democratic society.
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Is the media aiding Global Peace when reporting on religion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis instructional activity, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Students  evaluate...
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Friendship in the Media

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss what characteristics friendship has and the traits that make people unique.  In this friendship lesson, 2nd graders talk about what friendship looks like in the media.  In groups, students think about the different...
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The Media and You

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the main purposes of media. Using various advertisements, they identify the method used by the advertisers in each example. They use these methods to create and sell their own product to the class. They use the...
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Media/Book Review

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students act as media critics to analyze the portrayal of the elderly in media. In this ethics instructional activity, students use the Internet to research ageism. They decide if various media depict elderly characters positively or...
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Rules of Conduct: Media Violence, Dating and Teenage Behavior

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students discuss the role of media in their lives and making decisions. In groups, they define violence and identify how it is represented in the type of entertainment they are accustomed to viewing. They compare and contrast behaviors...
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Examine Government, Statistics and the Media

For Students 6th - 12th
In this government, statistics, and media instructional activity, students click on the links to learn more about government, statistics, and the media, and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 5 questions.
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Media Literacy Unit - Part 4

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study how advertisers use techniques to sell their products. In this persuasive media lesson, 7th graders analyze media messages to find the advertiser's purpose. They examine different advertising techniques and their...
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Chapter 15: Science and the Mass Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this science and mass media in America worksheet, high schoolers complete 12 fill in the blank questions and 6 multiple choice questions regarding the culture of United States

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