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Plot of a Short Story (SMART Board)

For Teachers 8th
Help your pupils track the plot of a short story with this SMART Board activity. Using the short story "The Dinner Party" by Mona Gardner (though the instructional activity would work with any other short story), they define the...
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The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self Esteem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Are your young scholars aware of the effect advertising can have on their self-image, self-esteem, and happiness? This lesson from the Media Awareness Network is aimed at increasing that awareness and mitigating any negative effects it...
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Americas Idols

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of American Idol and the controversy that surrounds the broadcast. They conduct research using a variety of resources and write paragraphs that state opinions about the...
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Levittown, Automobiles, and Cultures of the 1950's

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the impact of the automobile on Americans. In this 1950's America lesson, students listen to audio clips, read about Levittown, and explore the Interstate Highway Act from the decade. Young scholars then...
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So You Want to Be a TV Reporter!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students work in pairs to interview each other. They identify interviewing skills and methods, conduct a preliminary interview, develop a working script from the notes and participate in a final interview for the camera.
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What Is the Language of Television?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the language of moving pictures. By creating and understanding the basic building blocks used to form a video sequence (wide shot, medium shot and close-up),they discover how communication is enhanced. A great,...
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Make a TV Commercial for "Brighty-Whitey" Toothpaste

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students develop the skill of creativity by creating their own brand of toothpaste. The class will present the different projects in front of the class in the form of a speech.
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TOEFLesque Quiz - Cable TV in San Francisco

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive grammar skills lesson, students examine 8 sentences and identify the part of each sentence that is grammatically incorrect.
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File Management and Television Production

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students create file management systems, and produce video bulletins.
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Famous People of Japan: Literature, Politics, Film, Television, Sports, and the Imperial Family

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research biographical information about a famous Japanese, investigating how this person has impacted Japanese and American culture. Students then create an oral report and technological presentation based on the research.
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The World in 22 Minutes: Constructing a TV News Lineup

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine several newspapers to compare front pages, headlines, and photographs, experience role of news editor, define and discuss factors that go into news judgements, and arrange twenty-two minute news broadcast by selecting...
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As Seen on TV

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research how minority groups are represented in media. In this media literacy lesson, 6th graders investigate two YouTube clips of Hugo Chavez and discuss different points of view.
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VOLC TV News Team

For Teachers All
Students produce a 5 minute internet news cast about an active volcano
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Reading: TV, Hamburger, Obesity Gene

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the problem of obesity and fast food. The class is divided into two groups, and read different text. They hold a town hall meeting in which they discuss whether a fast food restaurant should be opened in the town.
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Energy TV

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners rewrite the lyrics of existing songs using the different energy terms as the focus of their work. They break into four groups and form the name of a musical group. Using a tune from a popular group, students make up a song about...
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Bathrooms & Bedrooms

For Students K - 1st
In this bathrooms and bedrooms instructional activity, students identify 23 various items that can be found in various rooms of the house. First, they circle all of the items that do not belong in either the bathroom or the bedroom as...
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T Is For Television

For Students K - 1st
For this printing letter t worksheet, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter t. Students trace dotted examples of the letters before practicing on their own on the blank primary lines.
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T is for Television

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students follow the dotted lines to form the letters T and t. They print two rows of each. They can see an animation of how to form each letter if they look at the worksheet online before printing it...
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Twelfth Night: Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create skits based on pairs of words. In this Twelfth Night lesson, students create a cluster map in which they brainstorm a dialogue/scene based on their word pair. Students perform and record their scenes and discuss...
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Thrusting Greatness Upon Television 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a model video using Orsino's speech from Twelfth Night. In this literature and film making lesson, students watch a video clip of Osino's speech and overdub it using Audacity or iMovie. 
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Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create mini-scenes using two random lines from Orsino's speech.  In this Twelfth Night instructional activity, students are given random lines from Orsino's speech and create a skit using their given lines at the...
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Printing Practice: There Is a Television In the Room

For Students K - 3rd
In this printing practice worksheet, students trace the 8 sentences listed in the sheet. Students then practice printing each of the sentences independently on the lines provided.  
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Camera Shots

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Understanding how visual codes such as long-shots, close-ups, and camera angles affect meaning helps prepare young filmmakers to plan their own productions. The concepts embedded could also be used to analyze photographs and paintings.
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Putting the Sitcom into Perspective

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars identify and compare similar characters and situations in stories and dramas from and about various cultures, illustrate with classroom dramatizations, and discuss how theater reflects life.

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