NCTE Secondary Media Literacy Strand, 11.2

Michele Schmidt-MooreMichele Schmidt-MooreEnglish SupervisorEnglish Supervisor

Loudoun County Public SchoolsLoudoun County Public Schools

Melanie BuckleyMelanie BuckleyEnglish Department ChairEnglish Department Chair

Heritage High SchoolHeritage High School

Elizabeth Glynn (Maternity Leave)Elizabeth Glynn (Maternity Leave)Social Science TeacherSocial Science TeacherHeritage High SchoolHeritage High School

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Essential Question: How does media impact our education?

Common Core7 Integrate and evaluate content presented in

diverse formats and media, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.*

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SOL StandardSOL Standard

11.2 The student will examine how values and 11.2 The student will examine how values and points of view are included or excluded and points of view are included or excluded and how how media influences beliefs and behaviors.media influences beliefs and behaviors.

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Key Points in Media Literacy

1.Review media for its persuasive devices imbedded through rhetoric

2.Provide opportunities for collaboration and use of 21st century skills

3.Opportunities to write/analyze blogs, Web sites, Pod casts, wikis, etc.

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Media Literacy & Research Best PracticesMedia Literacy & Research Best Practices

Teaching Every Student in the Digital Age: Universal Design

for Learning David H. Rose & Anne Meyer, 2002

The Universally Designed Classroom: Accessible Curriculum

and Digital Technologies Edited by David H. Rose, Anne Meyer, and Chuck

Hitchcock 2005

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Station TopicsStation #1 10 Minutes Station #2 10 Minutes Station #3 10 Minutes

Jersey Shore & Allusions

Rwanda & Primary Sources

Fun Theory & Persuasive Appeals

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Note: You will visit two of the three stations today. All station resources are available immediately!

Learning Station #1: Jersey ShoreLearning Station #1: Jersey Shore11.2 The student will examine how values and points of

view are included or excluded and how media influences beliefs and behaviors.

Laptop Task: 1. Teachers review the flipcharts.2. Teachers discuss how the persuasive appeals (pathos,

logos,ethos) pervade the illustration. 3. Teachers complete a worksheet. Worksheet

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Learning Station #2: RwandaLearning Station #2: Rwanda11.2 c) Evaluate sources including advertisements,

editorials, blogs, Web sites, and other media for relationships between intent, factual content, and opinion.

Laptop Task:1. Teachers watch a video on the laptop (Rwanda).

Teachers use primary sources to evaluate intent, factual content, and opinions for each source.

3. Teachers compare and contrast their findings. Worksheet

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Learning Station #3: Fun TheoryLearning Station #3: Fun Theory11.2 d) Determine the author’s purpose and intended effect

on the audience for media messages.

Laptop Task: 1. Teachers watch the commercials and evaluate the

author’s purpose and intended effect.Teachers analyze the audience and how media influences

them? Teachers completed a chart. Worksheetwww.thefuntheory.com

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Secondary Media LiteracySecondary Media Literacy

Key Points for teachers connecting with Media Literacy:

1.Distinguish between fact and opinion

2.Identify author, audience, content, and purpose of media messages

3.Compare/contrast auditory, visual, and written media messages

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Quote:Quote:

“ The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think, than what to think – rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with thoughts of other men.”

~ Bill Beattie

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