Media Literacy

Activities will help students see how artists can use cartoons to express their opinions about society and culture. This is the fifth lesson in the series " Using Editorial ...

People who are poor don’t have access to the kinds of resources—good jobs, high-quality education and health care, for example—that people with more money have. One thing they do have access to, unfortunately, ...

Activities will help students understand how images can come together to make a statement in an editorial cartoon This is the third lesson in the series " Using Editorial ...

Activities will help students: understand how a cartoon uses irony to make a political statement interpret visual and written material in an editorial cartoon ...

Activities will help students learn strategies for analyzing editorial cartoons. This is the first lesson in the series " Using Editorial Cartoons to Teach Social Justice ...

Students identify parts of arguments – using the ARE framework – by reading and evaluating letters to the editor. They identify weaknesses and strengths of letters, suggesting improvements to arguments ...

Lesson on 'unbranding' guides students toward diversity appreciation I created this lesson so students could explore the ways branding undermines efforts to build community ...

Reporting on their communities helps students recognize problems and find strategies for change. The communities we live in determine a good part of our lives. This is especially ...

Lesson helps students understand how media influence their decisions. Popular media influence the development of self in young people. Teenagers view commercials and popular shows as ...