Media Literacy

Bias

"How To Detect Bias in News Media" - Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR) - A good article for students to read.

Image Bias Activities - "You Be The Reporter" and "Now You See It, Now You Don't"

Test Yourself in Hidden Bias - Teaching Tolerance:  A Project of the Southern Poverty Law Center

Deconstructing TV Commercials

"Buy Me That" - Kids & Advertising:  Frank Baker Lesson

Close Reading of Advertising Promotes Critical Thinking:  Frank Baker Lesson

Script for "Typhoon 2" Commercial

5 Toy Ad Tricks to Watch Out For

Toy Ad Analysis Worksheet

Gendered Language in TV Toy Commercials

Stereotypical Advertising For Kids Stuff

Commercial

Blank Script Template

Techniques and Tricks in advertising

"I Want That" (PDF - Critical Thinking and Viewing Holiday Ads)

Watch other toy ads - ToyQuest

Internet Ads

How Internet Ads Work

General Links:

Media Smarts - Canada's Center for Digital and Media Literacy - tons of lesson plans, educational games, etc.

P21 FRAMEWORK - Scroll Down to #3

PHD Comics

SeeJane.org  Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Why News Matters - News Literacy Lesson Plans

Lesson Plans

Close Reading of Photographs

Link:  Using Mobile Phones to teach visual literacy/photography