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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
Close Reading of Advertising Promotes Critical Thinking: Frank Baker Lesson
"I Want That" (PDF - Critical Thinking and Viewing Holiday Ads)
Internet Ads
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
SeeJane.org Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media
Why News Matters - News Literacy Lesson Plans
Lesson Plans
Link: Using Mobile Phones to teach visual literacy/photography