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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore the current television rating system, its content descriptors, and the new V-chip technology that more readily allow parents to control their child's television viewing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss their experiences with television. They break into small groups and go through the steps of producing a television show themselves. Their presentations are made to the entire class. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine how to evaluate what they are watching on television. They discuss hip hop music videos, compare/contrast them to other types of music videos, write a letter or press release about promoting positive teen stories, and evaluate the news. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view a film about the role of the media in the Vietnam War. They discuss the risks journalists face when covering a war and how the television changed how people at home saw the war. They answer questions to complete the lesson. 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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- 9th
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Students are taught about the tools they need to recognize a reliable, authoritative resource. The lesson involves the integration of the content areas of technology, library, and social studies. The students perform research by evaluating different websites. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students discuss peace and violence, identify, quantify and interpret acts of peace and acts of violence on three popular television programs per group, gather and record data, and present findings in Powerpoint, flipchart, or overhead presentations. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in five activities involving the techniques of television and advertising production in this multi-week lesson for the high school classroom. The lesson includes self, and teacher assessment forms for post-lesson assessment. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students define and explain the components of a short story. Using television sitcoms, they compare modern day entertainment with entertainment of the past. They answer the seven guided questions in their story to compare the two types of entertainment. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students share opinions about television shows popular among their peers and choose one show to deconstruct for analysis. Students then read about the 2007-2008 network television lineup by reading and discussing article "Gauging Viewer Tastes: A New Dose of Escapism," deconstruct characteristics of television genre citing current shows as examples, and write reviews for television shows that address ideas and criteria brainstormed in class. Full Review »
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