Media Literacy- for Students and Teachers

One of seven volumes written by the Ontario Minsitry of Education - Media Literacy

•  Media- Grades 7-12 - 33 page pdf

A Canadian site with teacher resources, lesson plans, parent pages all dealing with media literacy. 

• National Media Awareness Week - 1-5, 2010
• Downloadable Resources
• Lesson Library For Teachers- Use the search tool on the right to find a lesson. Teaching units, classroom activities
• Media Literacy
• What is media literacy?
• The Language of Media Literacy: A Glossry of Terms (printable pdf)
• Lessons and Resources - Recommended Kits, Books, Web Links, Videos
• Teaching Media -Elementary Use the drop down menu under elementary to choose lesson plans on: advertising an marketing, news, television, Internet, video games, family and social relationships, gender portrayal, body image, nutrition, tobacco advertising, privacy, stereotyping, violence, the global citizen, ethics and values.
• Media Toolkit for Youth - Teen audience
• The News Industry
• Stereotypes
• Accessing the Media
• Being Interviewed
• Media Literacy Teaching Kits Resources listed with descriptions and ordering information. Check with your school board media centres.
• Classroom Provisions of the Copyright Act - access to full copyright act
• Overview
• Copyright Matters

Use the top menu tabs to access:

• Reviews: Movies, Games, Apps, Websites, TV, Books, Music
• Videos- Education Videos
• Links for Educators - Lessons Plans
• Research

 Critical Media Literacy - Lessons K-12 Free Downloadable lesson plans

• Girls Only - online quizzes to find out about yourself
• Moms and Mentors Worlshops and Guides
• Educators - Workshops and Guides to develop good self-esteem
• Gallery - Resources to use in the classroom
• Dove Videos including Evolution

Online media awareness activities.

• Advertising Tricks
• Buying Smart
• Your Entertainment
• What You Can Do

  Lesson plans with student printable tasks, online quizzes, and web links

• Are you plugged in?
• Cost of cool
• Create Your Own Ad
• Design Your Cereal Box
• Food Advertising Tricks
• Teen heroes
• What's in the shopping bag?
• Is the price right?
• Create a popstar
• Download TV Diary

We provide advice to parents about media content and more:

• Media literacy on technology, and using media as a tool in family life
• Age specific TV, Video Games, Advertising, and Computer advice to parents of children of all ages
• Play Webonauts, a Fun PBS KIDS game that teaches kids about online safety

Lesson plans using the Don't Buy it Guide PBS site

A collection of lesson plans with internet links and student worksheets.

Lesson plan for primary grades.

AdViews: A digital archive of Vintage Television Commercials

• Browse or Search the Collection
• Test your Ad Knowledge

Resources are available in French and English

• What is Media Education?
• Downloadable Resources
• Media Education: Make it Happen! - 8 page booklet
• Media Literacy Workshop - A Must Read for every teacher 
  - This 65-slide PowerPoint workshop provides an overview of what media education is and offers strategies for implementing media education into the classroom. Speaker's notes are included.
• Media Literacy Workshop Guide - 26 page pdf

Concerned Children's Advertisers
http://www.cca-kids.ca/corp/index.html

• Public Service Announcements
• CCA4Kids - media explained, commercials to use in the classroom

• Public Service Announcements - listed by topic
• Long Live Kids! Medial Monkey - Primary Lesson Plans and online resources
• Educators - Lesson plans (Primary, Junior, Intermediate): Healthy Active Living, Bullying Prevention, Media Literacy, Self-Esteem
• Register with LLK Long Live Kids to access archived materials
• Parents

 
Media Literacy - Grades 4-6 - Table of Contents for Media Literacy Resources

• Blank Lesson Plan Outline-Media Literacy
• Annotated Media Literacy Lesson Plan Outline
• Printable Documents for Media Literacy Lessons
• Camera Angles
• Types of Shots
• Discussion Starters Before Media Instruction
• Effective Group Work Checklist
• Effective Media Work Checklist
• Five Core Concepts and Questions
• Sample Poster Planning Sheet for Students
• Media Conference Recording Sheet - pdf and rtf
• Media Inventory- pdf and rtf
• Media Portfolio Reflection Sheet - pdf and rtf
• Lesson Plan - Text - pdf and rtf versions
• Lesson Plan - Audience- pdf and rtf versions
• Lesson Plan - Production- pdf and rtf versions
• Media Production in the Junior Writing Program - pdf and rtf
• Media Triangle
• Media Triangle- AUDIENCE Guiding Questions
• Poster Creation Rubric
• Procuction Crew Checklist
• Shot List- Template
• Student's Shot List Sample
• Video Storyboard -Sample
• Student's Video and Audio Script
• Video Script Writing Rubic
• Technical Production Rating Scale
• "Anti-Bullying' Video Production Rubric
• Website Evaluation Checklist

 Handouts and Downloads

• Deconstructing an Advertisment - Grade 7+
• Deconstructing a Video Advertisement - Grade 7+
• How to be a critical media viewer - Grade 7+

Explore Public Service Announcements PSAs.

• Core Principles - 7 page pdf
• Comparison Chart of: Definitions, Concepts and Key Questions - 2 page pdf

• Media Smart
• Media Literacy 101 - use left-hand menu to navigate site
• Taking Charge of Your TV: A Guide to Critical Viewing for Parents and Children - 28 page pdf - includes activities to send home

Information about the effects of TV on the literacy of our youth.

• Fact Sheets in pdf files
• Future Turn-off Dates

Read movie reviews before heading to the theatre.

• Managing Media
• How Media Matters to Our Kids Health
• Keeping Your Kids Internet Safe and Smart
• Common Sense Tips for a Healthy Media Diet
• Common Sense Tips for a Healthy Media Diet for Young Kids
• Five Challenges for Parents: Tips for Healthy Media Use
• Keeping Kids Healthy in a 24/7 Media World - 28 page pdf
• Media Violence and Kids - A Checklist
• Tip Sheet- Selling to Kids
• My Child's Media Diet - A questionnaire for parents
• My Media Diet - A questionnaire for children
• Talking to Your Kids about Junk Food and Fast Food Advertising
• Top Ten Tips for Kids for Viral Media
• Using Media to Teach Kids
• Content Based Criteria for Determining Age Appropriateness

• B&W Handouts
• Colour Handouts
• Five Key Questions of Media Literacy
• PowerPoint presentations and PDF files (cursor down the page to access)
• Literacy for the 21st Century - Part 1 Theory (50 pg. pdf file)
• Five Key Questions that Can Change the World - Classroom activities for Media Literacy K-12 - Part II Practice (87 pg. pdf file)
  - Well-worth the download

Explanation of literacies with lessons provided -

• Visual Literacy
• Historical Literacy
• Cultural Literacy
• Information Literacy
• Political Literacy and News Media Literacy

• Study Guide List
• Media Lit Kit: 87 page pdf - Gr. 3-12

Nine lesson plans that are based on episodes of Arthur.

Cursor down to locate the following lessons and the download the video clips for use as lesson support

• Find the Hidden Message: Media Literacy in Primary Grades

Cursor down the page to access lesson plans.

Teachers can download a sample set of lesson plans. Review the monthly cost for up-to-date current events curriculum for your province

Season indexes and resource guides on-line.

Relive our history through CBC radio and television. Video clips and educational  activities sorted by People, Conflict & War, Arts & Entertainment, Politics & Economy, Life & Society, Disasters & Tragedies, Science &Technologies, and Sports.

Time & Life Pictures represents some of the world's most recognizable imagery. On this website, we offer content from the finest photojournalists, documenting past and present political and cultural events, as well as celebrities and the American experience. 

• Six Month Programming Calendar
• Weekly and Monthy Schedule
• Biography of the Year Essay Contest

$11.95 yearly fee for learning guides of 260 movies. Well worth the fee.

• Character Development Index  http://www.teachwithmovies.org/character-development-index.htm  Movies are sorted and evaluated by theme. Age appropriateness is provided.

Movie, Music, Video, reviews sorted by title, rating and genre. Evaluations for each media are given for instances of: alcohol/drug use, blood/gore, disrespectful/bad attitude, frightening/tense scenes, guns/weapons, imitative behaviour, jump scenes, music scary/tense, music inappropriate, profanity, sex/nudity, smoking, tense family scenes, topics to talk about, violence.
 
 

Massive database of movies and linked information about the actors, directors and producers. 
 
 

 
Critical reviews of movies, videos, music, and video and computer games.
Level: Intermediate, Senior, Adult

Box office movie reviews, DVD reviews, and top rental reviews by  critics from across North America. Links to actor information and movie highlights, and  interviews.

Teaching media education: knowledge, skills, and activism!
Printable teaching guides available on the site.

• 28 advertsing techniques outlined - Can you find examples?
• Questioning Media: Ten Basic Priciples of Media Literacy Education

• Fact Sheets - About marketing to kids

An award-winning, website with interpretive, descriptive review commentary and historical background for hundreds of classic Hollywood and other American films in the last century.

AdCracker provides insight into the analysis of ads . Use AdBasics to learn how to write a brief, create a brand, and position a product.  Students should not subscribe to the site in the TV Room.

• Classic and contemporary advertising  technique

•  Personal and Family Values - a list of values that links you to resources for each value
• Billboards
• TV Spots - have a look at "Concert"
• Audio Spots - good for morning announcements
• Quotes

Worth watching the whole video. Discuss message and imagery on many levels.

AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Biographies and links of these masters are from film, literature, performing arts, music and the visual arts. 

• Masters List from A to Z Navigate through over 100 masters
• Lesson Plans with activities and links
• Six Degrees Game Find out the how the masters are linked.