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Newseum

Use ‘War of the Worlds’ to Teach Media Literacy

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Orson Welles' 1938 radio broadcast of "War of the Worlds" is the focus of a lesson that looks at the importance of clarity in broadcasting. After listening to the radio broadcast, class members discuss the ethical obligations to...
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Common Sense Media

Super Digital Citizen

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Teach your charges how to become responsible digital citizens with superheroes! Start out with a brief class discussion about what acting safely, responsibly, and respectfully looks like. Next, have each pupil create their own digital...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Digital Values: Internet Safety

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore digital communication by participating in a critical thinking activity. For this Internet safety lesson, students discuss ways to protect their identity on the Internet as well as preserving friendships. Students...
Unit Plan
Other

University of Queensland Australia: Digital Essentials: Finding and Using Media

For Students 9th - 10th
This module teaches students how to source media (including images, video, and audio) for assignments and how to understand copyright and licensing obligations so that they can ethically reuse media. After completing this module, they...
Article
Other

Seattle Times:a Kirkland Cafe With No Prices

For Students 9th - 10th
An experiment in people's willingness to pay for coffee plays out at a Seattle coffeehouse where no one knows what you pay for your coffee or if you pay anything at all. An interesting article that can be used as source material for...