Center for Media Literacy

Center for Media Literacy: Empowerment Through Education




					CML MediaLit Kit™ Framework for K-12 Media Literacy Available Now all together in one place, the components of inquiry-based media literacy using the Five Core Concepts and CML's Five Key Questions of Media Literacy. I. Theory: Literacy for 21st Century: An Overview & Orientation Guide Explains media literacy pedagogy in plain language. Also: En Español! II. Practice: Five Key Questions That Can Change the World Cornerstone lesson plans for K-12 across the curriculum. Also: En Español! III. Implementation: Project SMARTArt: A Road to Follow Discover innovative strategies for implementing media literacy and the arts while meeting state education standards in this comprehensive case study. Media Literacy on Menu in Middle School Pilot Project CML's "Media Literacy, A Recipe for Action," taught students media literacy skills as they learned about the key ingredients of a healthy diet.

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Lesson Library: HIghlights from CML's Growing Collection
• We Tell Stories - In four sessions, students learn about Elements of Storytelling and skills to originate a reenactment of a story that contains a Community concept. (Grades K-5)
• Maps and the Pictures in our Head - Are maps media? Of course, and they're a perfect way to explore the 'constructedness' that is a building block of media literacy.

Hidden Treasures: From CML's Reading Room Archive
• The First TV Studio in an Elementary School
• Screen-Agers...and the Decline of the "Wasteland"
• From Savers to Spenders: How Children Became a Consumer Market

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