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Curriculums

UNESCO Curriculum 

 

From the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Educational Organization (UNESCO), this comprehensive document offers a truly global perspective on teaching media literacy. The open access curriculum contains nine units for core concepts, each with detailed resources, clear learning objectives, and sound pedagogy.

Wilson, C., Grizzle, A., Tuazon, R., Akyempong, K., and Cheung, C. (2011). Media and information literacy curriculum for teachers. Retrieved from

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0019/001929/192971e.pdf

 

Media Education Lab Curriculum

 

From the Media Education Lab at the University of Rhode Island, this curriculum was developed by Renee Hobbs, a leading expert in the field of media literacy. It contains 18  

units for elementary, middle, and high school students and each unit includes a video portion and a PDF lesson plan. It should be noted that the video content is rather dated. However, more recent examples could be easily found to support the unit lessons.

Media Education Lab. (2012). Assignment: Media literacy. Retrieved from http://mediaeducationlab.com/assignment-media-literacy

 

 

Lesson Plans

Connections! From the Center for Media Literacy.

 

Although the lesson plans are not well organized or easily searchable, each lesson plan connects to the CML curriculum.

 

Center for Media Literacy. (2011).  Connections: MediaLit moments. Retrieved from http://www.consortiumformedialiteracy.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=12&Itemid=24

PBS: POV for Educators

 

This collection of in-depth lesson plans utilizes video and audio clips from PBS. Each lesson plan comes with a discussion guide, activities, and a bibliography of further resources. 

 

PBS. (2014). Lesson plans: Media literacy. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/pov/educators/lesson-plans.php?search_type=subject&subject=media_literacy#.VFQwaYvF9Ew

National Council for English Teachers

 

Though limited in number, many of the media lesson plans from the NCTE are actually unit plans, with multiple lessons. 

 

National Council for English Teachers. (2012). Media literacy lessons. Retrieved from 

http://www.ncte.org/lessons/media-literacy

 

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