1-55570-596-0 . 2007 . 8.5 x 11 . 215 pp.
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How-To-Do-It Manuals
Ready-to-go media literacy lessons that you can use with core subject areas!
Television, radio, movies, magazines —information reaches kids through ll formats. How can you help students develop the critical-thinking skills to navigate information in all media? Teaching Media Literacy offers an introduction to this important new area for use in the library or classroom. This unique how-to includes ready-to-use lessons for:
Television —assessing sitcoms’ and dramas’ impact on and reflection of American values, deconstructing the construction of “reality ” television, and looking at the multiple perspectives of “the news ”
Movies —determining historical accuracy and inaccuracy in films and looking at movies as cultural touchstones
Photography and Images —learning about photo manipulation, reading and writing photo captions, understanding photo essays as storytelling, and critically
appraising photos in journalism
Music and Videos—coming to understand how images and lyrics affect our perceptions of women, body image, and ethnic cultures
And more
De Abreu provides curriculum connections to English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and other core areas; tips for dapting the lessons for different grade and ability levels; complete glossary of terms; and bibliographies of helpful print and electronic resources.The companion CD-ROM features ll of the worksheets and lesson-planning tools for easy replication
or modification.
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