Media Literacy Aligned to Common Core - Understanding Media Texts and Forms

About this curriculum

Help students understand media texts, understand media forms and techniques, and create media texts. These activities help young learners to understand media texts; understand media forms and techniques; create media texts. The lessons create the opportunity to study forms of media and discuss how it impacts their lives. Once students have acquired the skills to look at media images critically, they will be better equipped to make decisions about the true value of the messages. Young children need the opportunity to study forms of media and discuss how it impacts their lives. These messages can influence the ideas and reasoning of young minds. Once students have acquired the skills to look at media images critically, they will be better equipped to make decisions about the true value of the messages. Features: Introduction Background Information: What is media, media form, media text, and media literacy? and Types of Media Teacher Assessment Rubric How to Use This Book Letter to Parents Media Survey: Media in My Week Additional Activities Memory Game Cards Activities focus on these curriculum expectations: I. Understanding Media Texts Activity 1 Introducing Media Forms…