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Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction
CML publishes classroom activity guide with 25 core lesson plans for K-12 media literacy.
by Jeff Share, Tessa Jolls & Elizabeth Thoman
"Where do I start?" is a cry often heard from teachers who would like to introduce media literacy in their classrooms, whether kindergarten or high school - but don't know where to begin.
Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction, is an innovative collection of 25 cornerstone lesson plans - five for each of CML's Five Key Questions of media literacy for consumers.
Developed by the Center for Media Literacy, it's a ready-to-go resource that will help you help your students build a firm foundation in the skills of media literacy! Features:
- Easy-to-understand introduction for teachers on the Five Core Concepts and Five Key Questions of media literacy for deconstruction.Correlation with national educational standards in language arts and social studies as well as integration with health, math and the arts.Scalable activites from kindergarten through high school.Real-world, engaging learning for students.
- Includes both analysis activitites and creative production projects.
- Majority of lessons are "low tech." Some lessons recommend the use of a camera, computer screen, overhead projector, or TV/VCR/DVD.
Unlike other media literacy activity books, which typically are organized by genre (news, advertising, etc.) or topic (violence, gender, etc.), the inquiry-based lessons in Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction help students build an internal checklist of questions to ask about any message in any media - television, movies, the Internet, radio, advertising, newspapers and magazines, even maps and money!
Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction is Part II of CML's educational framework, the CML MediaLIt Kit, which identifies and describes the theory, practice and implementation of media literacy in preK-12 education.
"It is our dream that by the time they graduate from high school, all students will be able to apply the Five Key Questions almost without thinking...Practicing and mastering the Five Key Questions leads to an adult understanding of how media are created, what their purposes are, and how to accept or reject their messages."
Tessa Jolls, CML President
Accessing the MediaLit Kit Documents
In addition to downloading copies and reproductions, Literacy for the 21st Century: An Orientation and Overview of Media Literacy Education and its companion Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction (85 pages) are available for system wide adoption or distribution. Please contact cml@medialit.org for information on permissions and licensing fees for school districts or other organizations. Back to top
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