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- 6th - 8th
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Students read selected passages from The Diary of Anne Frank. They, in groups, discuss the television / movie characters and create character webs involving these characters and those in the Anne Frank book. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students identify, explore, and analyze the effects of their daily exposure to advertising. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 9th
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Students examine the relationship between anger, aggression and teenagers. As a class, they share a difficult situation in their own lives and review the techniques to properly deal with it. In groups, they discuss how they feel about negative and positive coping skills and role-play different characters in various scenerios. To end the lesson, they watch a film and identify how the characters coped when involved in a difficult situation. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the relationship teenagers have with the television. In groups, they watch different excerpts from various television shows and note every instance of violence including children. They also discuss the instances of stereotyping on television and how it influences those who watch it. To end the lesson, they identify ways they can reduce the amount of television they watch. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students participate in a close reading. They examine the text closely for implied and hidden meaning, dissect the story to understand the text as a written craft, and discuss significant details and overall meaning of story. They sharpen summary skills and identify major points of arguments made. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students solve problems involving elapsed time and change across time zones. They answer and solve questions together as a class, complete two worksheets, and solve problems related to a bus schedule and time zones in the United States. This lesson includes a script to teach with. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated consumer society. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students identify and discuss young peoples' attitudes towards smoking and the power of TV and film on their daily lives. They critically evaluate comments about tobacco smoking. In addition, they place on a graph the reasons people give for smoking. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students reflect upon the the experiences of superficial comments based upon physical appearance. The expectations of others is discussed in class. Also the influences of media is stressed and its expectations are demonstrated as either true or false based upon discussion. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students practice listening and reading various types of media. In groups, they use the various types to compare and contrast the different types of information discussed. They identify the differences between fact and fantasy and discuss strategies used by the media to influence our thoughts and ideas. Full Review »
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