Details
Pages
30 Pages
Subject
Other, Critical Reasoning
Languages
English
Grade
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th
Resource Type
Activities, Assignments, Lectures
Product
Digital
Description
These lessons introduce a longer unit on Media Literacy for the high school classroom. Designed to cover about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks, students will learn to identify different types of media, learn basic media literacy terminology, evaluate their own media usage, explore target audiences for advertising, get an introduction to how media has changed over time, explore sensationalism in today's news, sort facts from assumptions in a news segment, self-assess their own level of digital literacy, and explore the implications of social media and digital literacy in a current (2022) case study.
This 2-week introduction to media literacy is broken into three lessons which contain the following items:
Lesson 1: What is Media?
Detailed Teacher's Notes
A 9-slidePowerPoint Presentation with slide notes
10 Vocabulary Terms with a Vocab Assignment
Questions and an Answer Key for the first episode of Crash Course Media Literacy: What is Media Literacy?
A Media Consumption Individual Activity with Logs for students to track their own media consumption
An Advertising Group Activity with a Focus on Target Audience
Types of Media Poster
Ice Breaker BINGO cards to use if you are beginning the school year with this unit
Images to use as backgrounds for additional slides that match the included PowerPoint
Lesson 2: Evolution of Media and Sensationalism in Media
20 Vocabulary Terms, Vocab Activity, and Quiz with Answer Key (Quiz terms cover lessons 2 and 3)
The Evolution of Media and Sensationalism Lecture Slides with Teacher's Notes
Student Notes Sheet for the Media and Sensationalism Lecture
TV News Segment Analysis Questions and Answer Key
Media Literacy Crash Course Questions for Episodes 2 and 3 (History of Media Literacy) with Answer Key
Lesson 3: Introduction to Digital Literacy
An Introduction to Digital Literacy Lecture with Teacher's Notes
Digital Literacy Student Questionnaire for Self-Assessment
Rohingya Facebook Lawsuit Reading and Questions with Answer Key
Free and Fair Internet Access Ted Talk Questions and Answer Key
Blank Slide Images for Additional DIY PowerPoint or Google Slides
The PowerPoints and all of the student assignments come with Google links to digital versions. Sequencing guides are included.
Snapshot of some activities in this lesson:
This lesson is for high school students and uses the on-going genocide in Myanmar of the Rohingya people as a case study for the effects of social media on a population newly emerging in the digital era with limited digital literacy skills. Students will examine the details of a lawsuit against Facebook for their alleged role in this humanitarian disaster.
Students will examine a TV news clip and determine what facts and assumptions are presented. They will also be asked to do some further research to decide what information could be included to make the news segment more informative and less emotionally driven.
A fun, informal activity surrounding clickbait headlines lets students take a look at the purpose of headlines. Students always find this to be a fun, silly addition to the introduction to sensationalism.
This 2-week introduction to media literacy is broken into three lessons which contain the following items:
Lesson 1: What is Media?
Detailed Teacher's Notes
A 9-slidePowerPoint Presentation with slide notes
10 Vocabulary Terms with a Vocab Assignment
Questions and an Answer Key for the first episode of Crash Course Media Literacy: What is Media Literacy?
A Media Consumption Individual Activity with Logs for students to track their own media consumption
An Advertising Group Activity with a Focus on Target Audience
Types of Media Poster
Ice Breaker BINGO cards to use if you are beginning the school year with this unit
Images to use as backgrounds for additional slides that match the included PowerPoint
Lesson 2: Evolution of Media and Sensationalism in Media
20 Vocabulary Terms, Vocab Activity, and Quiz with Answer Key (Quiz terms cover lessons 2 and 3)
The Evolution of Media and Sensationalism Lecture Slides with Teacher's Notes
Student Notes Sheet for the Media and Sensationalism Lecture
TV News Segment Analysis Questions and Answer Key
Media Literacy Crash Course Questions for Episodes 2 and 3 (History of Media Literacy) with Answer Key
Lesson 3: Introduction to Digital Literacy
An Introduction to Digital Literacy Lecture with Teacher's Notes
Digital Literacy Student Questionnaire for Self-Assessment
Rohingya Facebook Lawsuit Reading and Questions with Answer Key
Free and Fair Internet Access Ted Talk Questions and Answer Key
Blank Slide Images for Additional DIY PowerPoint or Google Slides
The PowerPoints and all of the student assignments come with Google links to digital versions. Sequencing guides are included.
Snapshot of some activities in this lesson:
This lesson is for high school students and uses the on-going genocide in Myanmar of the Rohingya people as a case study for the effects of social media on a population newly emerging in the digital era with limited digital literacy skills. Students will examine the details of a lawsuit against Facebook for their alleged role in this humanitarian disaster.
Students will examine a TV news clip and determine what facts and assumptions are presented. They will also be asked to do some further research to decide what information could be included to make the news segment more informative and less emotionally driven.
A fun, informal activity surrounding clickbait headlines lets students take a look at the purpose of headlines. Students always find this to be a fun, silly addition to the introduction to sensationalism.
These lessons introduce a longer unit on Media Literacy for the high school classroom. Designed to cover about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks, students will learn to identify different types of media, learn basic media literacy terminology, evaluate their own... more
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