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Disability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the role of media when dealing with the disabled. They participate in a community audit of different facilities and how they help the disabled.
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Media/Citizenship: Speed 3

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine data about the effects of speed in car accidents. They create their own media campaign about safety while driving. They share their ideas with the class.
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Skepticism Toward Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how the media portrays certain events and its effects on public opinion of government. They focus on Watergate, the Vietnam War, and the Clinton impeachment. They write essays about skepticism promoted by the media.
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Celebrate the Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the responsibilities of people working in advertising. They create a campaign to support the arts including advertisements in several different media. Length of unit depends on number of projects completed.
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Advertisements

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners access a variety of resources on the Internet regarding advertising and identifying intended messages conveyed through the media. They play interactive games, view video clips, read guidelines, and explore a student-created...
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Children's Media and Censorship

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Pupils examine the point of censorship when dealing with Students. They explore essays by Stephen King.
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Beneath the News: Who's Doing What to Whom, and Who Cares?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate the differences between various forms of media (print, radio, TV, Internet). They determine the target audience for each and compare exposure around the world. They write a short story and share it with the class.
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VH1 AIDS: A Pop Culture History Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers observe and discuss the relationships between music, media, and popular culture.
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Citizens and the Media / Lesson : 3 Compare and Contrast Daily Newspapers for fact, opinion and bias

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Pupils compare and contrast a variety of daily newspapers in order to detect bias. They critically analyze the role the media plays in responsibly reporting government activities.
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America Responds to Terrorism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss truths and myths dealing with the subject of terrorism.
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How Do You Choose Snacks and Other Foods?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils analyze the effects of peer pressure and the media on their food choices. They describe the steps used in making healthy food choices, and practice saying no to unhealthy foods.
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What Does Advertising Say About Smoking?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students analyze the decision to smoke and how it is influenced by peer pressure. The discuss ways to say no to tobacco use.
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How Can You Help Others Stay Tobacco Free?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze the effects of smoking and create a media campaign to encourage others to remain tobacco free.
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The Junk Mail Explosion

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners read direct mail advertising critically, identify persuasion techniques, employ intellectual defenses against persuasive techniques and neatly organize junk mail by persuasive technique.
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High Exposure

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Pupils interpret data they receive from the media, discuss possible misinterpretation of data from the media and correctly respond to the misconception quiz question.
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Advertise With Geography...it's Free And It's Easy!!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students establish awareness of how landforms/landmarks produce a visual image of a region and demonstrate how advertisers use the "positive geographical image" to sell their product by creating their own advertisements.
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Patterns

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils use a word processing program to make patterns.