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Media Lesson Plans
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Learners design travel brochures using technology to persuade people to visit their location. In this travel brochure lesson, learners must communicate what is attractive about a place that would convince you to visit. Learners present their projects.
In this lesson students identify and determine the effectiveness of various methods of communication. They construct a chart or poster that illustrates the various methods and venues through which individuals, groups, and the media communicate with the public.
Learners examine the effect of media and advertising on youth drinking and smoking. In this advertising media lesson, learners determine what advertising means, how much money is spent on it, and how different age groups are targeted. They watch a movie and examine pictures before designing ads that are against youth drinking and smoking.
Students explore media by identifying and analyzing selected images. In this media communications lesson, students analyze a poster and discuss the intended meaning of the imagery and how it makes the viewer feel. Students discuss the different types of media and answer questions based on how they are used to communicate to the public.
Students examine media coverage of George W. Bush's refusal to answer questions regarding past illegal drug usage in the 1999 campaign. They consider the role of rumor, scandal, audience and relevance in political media coverage.
Students analyze how media shapes their perception of events. In this media lesson, students research the home pages of assigned web sites to determine how media influences how they feel about tragic event. They look at head lines about the events of September 11, 2001 and discuss their reactions to them. They participate in a debate as to whether or not media can truly influence their feelings.
Students compare and critically evaluate the different media as sources of news, develop criteria for defining "news", experience the editorial process of selecting news stories and detect bias in news reporting.
Students play various online mathematical games to compare fractional parts of a whole, find equivalent fractions, and examine how fractions are related to a whole. They also view online video clips that demonstrate communication about mathematics among a teacher and her students.
In this lesson students explore common advertising strategies used by the media. In this advertising lesson, students identify persuasive language in advertisements and construct their own persuasive ad.
In this lesson learners discover psychology by participating in a relationship activity. In this honesty lesson, learners read text which discusses the importance of being upfront with your feelings. In this lesson learners complete teenage communication worksheets based on emotions and feelings.
