SAMPLE EVENTS
KQED Learn: Above the Noise
Have your students (6th-12th) watch the Above the Noise episode on Confirmation Bias and join the discussion with other students from across the country in KQED Learn. KQED Learn is a free, safe, online space where middle and high school students build essential skills in research, collaboration, data analysis and communication. Sign up as a teacher and register you class to join a discussion. Video description: Confirmation bias wants you to stay in your comfort zone. This cognitive bias causes us to seek out opinions we already agree with and dismiss opposing views–regardless of the facts. Confirmation bias and other cognitive biases are part of being human, but they can also make it hard to keep an open mind. How can we train our brains away from cognitive bias?
ProCon.org: Hunting for the Main Idea
ProCon.org presents a free media literacy lesson plan for educators: Hunting for the Main Idea. Use our headline article about Russian Twitter bots during the 2016 election to teach students how to distill the main ideas from an informational text.
https://www.procon.org/view.background-resource.php?resourceID=006129
Social Media Podcast Program
Students will select topics of interest related to social media awareness and discover how to utilize podcast kits to record their own podcast.
Mystery Lab: Media Literacy Edition
Think you can identify fake news? Have what it takes to report on a story? Come test your skills using a range of methods including video games, research challenges, and hands on activities. For tweens and teens.
Online Safety for Teens
Learn how to keep your personal information safe on social media with the school resource officer. Pizza will be provided! Grades 6-8.
After School Program
Outside the Lens’ educators run a daily media elective class and dynamic after-school programs. All students in either program are expected to leave the middle school with powerful photo and video skills that will prove beneficial as they advance.
Social Media Photo Campaign Project
Teens will become media literacy advocates and creators as they learn how to develop a photo campaign that will educate their peers and the community on social media’s influence on mental health.
Posting Politics: Social Media Democracy with Teens
In this 1 hour workshop teens will learn how to become digital citizens in the online environment and the impact of posting misinformation in the social media world. Teens will learn how to determine fake news and learn how to report inaccurate content online.
Screen-Free Family Game Night
The iSpeakMedia Foundation is inviting families to come together for a bit of device-free, screen-free, face-to-face fun. Media literacy education focuses on helping us better understand our relationship with media. It’s often easier to gauge the presence of media in our lives by the experiencing the absence of it for a little while, so we’re inviting participants to disengage… back away from the screens and enjoy some family play time. Games, pizza, and prizes provided. Free.
EDUCATOR RESOURCES
COMMON SENSE EDUCATION
Media Literacy Teaching Resources
Grades 6-8
Digital Citizenship Curriculum
Grades 6-8
KQED EDUCATION
Learn with Media:
Lesson Plans and PD
Humanities
STEM
Grades 6-12
Media Literacy Educator Certification
All educators in K-12
MEDIA SMARTS
“Media Literacy 101”
Introductory video series for students
Media Literacy Lessons + Resources
Search by grade level
PROJECT LOOK SHARP
Curriculum Kits
By Grade Level
News Accuracy and Credibility
2016 Presidential Campaign + Trump Presidency
Climate Change
Economy and Social Justice Issues
ELA
Global Studies
PBS LEARNING
Media Literacy Resources
Search by grade level and/or subject
NEWSEUM ED
Lesson Plans: Media Ethics, Journalism, and Current Events
Grades 6-8
SCHOLASTIC
Separating Fact from Fiction
Grades 6-8
COPYRIGHT & CREATIVITY
Middle School Curriculum
Copyright and Fair Use
Grades 6-8
MERIDIAN STORIES
Digital Storytelling Challenges
Grades 6-12