LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Information Skills — Grades 9–12

Goal 2: The learner will IDENTIFY and USE criteria for excellence to evaluate information and formats.

Objective 2.06. Recognize the power of media to influence.

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Propaganda techniques in literature and online political ads
Students improve visual literacy and analysis skills in this lesson designed to introduce techniques of propaganda found in literature and multi-media in popular culture. After developing an understanding of the methods authors and advertisers use to produce... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Identifying and understanding the fallacies used in advertising
In this lesson, students learn to analyze fallacious images and messages in advertisements and present their understanding of the fallacies through a multimedia presentation format. In order to acquaint students with the strategies of advertising campaigns,... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Censorship in the classroom: Understanding controversial issues
It is important for young people to understand their individual rights and what they, as citizens, can do to protect these rights. In addition, young people need to understand the way in which bias and stereotyping are used by the media to influence popular... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
Provided by: ReadWriteThink
Ad dissection 101
According to David Shenk, author of Data Smog, today's children watch an average of 22,000 hours of television before graduating from high school. These hours of television contain over a quarter of a million commercials, and it is these commercials that... (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 English Language Arts and Information Skills)
Provided by: IDEAS and Ryan Anderson