Critical Media Literacy Sessions
You'll notice that I have given this session at several different conferences and each time the examples are a little different. If you want to see how I applied Critical Media Studies in ELA and HSS classes, check out the content-specific slidedecks for the California Association of Teachers of English and the California Council for the Social Studies.
The purpose of this presentation is to explore how Critical Media Studies can inform the way teachers show and discuss various types of documents. The Center for Media Literacy developed five key concepts that are based on the idea of social construction. All types of media are constructed - and they must be analyzed as such. Additionally, a critical stance requires that the viewer also take into about the way in which our identities are also socially constructed. These strategies are meant to help students more critically examine their interactions with media and to demonstrate how important it is to shift from being passive recipients to actively engaged thinkers.
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The purpose of this presentation is to explore how Critical Media Studies can inform the way teachers show and discuss various types of documents. The Center for Media Literacy developed five key concepts that are based on the idea of social construction. All types of media are constructed - and they must be analyzed as such. Additionally, a critical stance requires that the viewer also take into about the way in which our identities are also socially constructed. These strategies are meant to help students more critically examine their interactions with media and to demonstrate how important it is to shift from being passive recipients to actively engaged thinkers.
MORE LINKS AND FILES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE
Spring CUE 2022 (Palm Spring, CA)
CATE 2022 (Long Beach, CA)
California Social Studies Association (2021 Conference)
Resources
The Critical Media Project
Center for Media Literacy
Media Literacy Lesson Plans (The Cinematheque)
Visual Thinking Strategies
Media Literacy in History Classroom (Media Literacy Clearinghouse)
Animating Youth: The Disnification of Youth Culture (Henry A. Giroux, 1995)
Teach Argument
The Critical Media Project
Center for Media Literacy
Media Literacy Lesson Plans (The Cinematheque)
Visual Thinking Strategies
Media Literacy in History Classroom (Media Literacy Clearinghouse)
Animating Youth: The Disnification of Youth Culture (Henry A. Giroux, 1995)
Teach Argument
| PACKET CMS CATE18.pdf |
| ccss2021packet.pdf |
| cate_2022_critical_media_studies__lewis_.pdf |
| critical_media_information.pdf |
| media_literacy_concepts.pdf |
| Teaching Tolerance: Power of Words |
| Immigrants We Get the Job Done Lesson |
| Moon Sand Lesson Plan |
| seeking_truth_media_construction_of_the__middle_east.pdf |