This is a virtual learning assignment that could be used in any course to address current events, information literacy skills, and media literacy skills.  Please note that the assignment references a proprietary resource: the Proquest online database.  Teachers may need to modify the referenced resource (particularly in Phase 1) to include one that is available to their students.

By the end of this lesson the student will be able to effectively become knowledgeable in composing a persuasive writing and its techniques, typing in Media Literacy, too.
7.3 The student will understand the elements of media literacy.
7.7 The student will write in a variety of forms with an emphasis on exposition, narration, and persuasion.

How America Thought About Refugees 70 Years Ago; And other gleanings from the 1949 run of the Saturday Evening Post.

A project in which students are asked to apply knowledge of media literacy skills to curate articles and analyze media bias

Title: Media Messages Mini-UnitTopic: Media MessagesEducational Standards: 9.2 The student will produce, analyze, and evaluate media messages.Subject Area: English 9

This Learning Resource is based on a Bunk excerpt and BackStory podcast episode

What the Viral Media of the Civil War Era Can Teach Us About Prejudice; A recent photography exhibit at the Getty Center raises difficult questions about our capacity for empathy.

In this lesson, students explore issues of culture and identity and learn about Navajo culture by examining the perspectives of those portrayed in the film, Return of Navajo Boy.

In this lesson, students examine the role of women in the media; critique and discuss different portrayals of women in popular culture and focus on how these reflect larger societal and cultural values.