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Media Literacy

• A Biblical Approach to Objectional Elements - Christian Educational Censorship Grade 9-Lifelong
  
  Educational censorship is inescapable in Christian or secular schools. This excerpt from BJU Press's Christian Education: Its Mandate and Mission presents a biblical worldview alternative to commonly used permissivist, exclusivist, and pragmatic positions...
• A Christian Educator's Critique of Television Advertising Tertiary-Lifelong
  
  "The heart of the paper explores some of the key areas of controversy in the industry today from the perspective of Christian principles and concerns...suggestions are offered for how the conscientious disciple of Christ should respond and relate to these...
• Are Music Choices Really Important? Tertiary
  
  "Call an airlines office. Enter a supermarket. Stop at a bank. Walk by a teenager's room. You can't escape it. From the soothing to the shattering, from the rock to the rap, from the classical to the popular, music is everywhere. It's almost omnipresent....
• Center for Media Literacy - Empowerment Through Education Kindergarten-Lifelong
  
  CML, the Center for Media Literacy, "is dedicated to a new vision of literacy for the 21st Century: the ability to communicate competently in all media forms, print and electronic, as well as to access, understand, analyze and evaluate the powerful images,...
• CMI - Culture and Media Institute Grade 9-Lifelong
  
  "Advancing truth and virtue in the public square, the mission of the Culture and Media Institute is to preserve and help restore America’s culture, character, traditional values, and morals against the assault of the liberal media elite, and to...
• Critical Thinking and the Media Kindergarten-Tertiary
  
  We are inevitably influenced by what the media blitz hits us with every day. We become like what we behold and it is important to critically sift through the barrage, recognize bias, understand the various persuasion techniques used, make informed decisions...
• eThemes - eMint's Thematic Studies Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  "eThemes is an extensive database of content-rich, age-appropriate resources organized around specific themes. These resources are created for educators to use in their classrooms." eThemes are listed alphabetically, and by grade level, and can be...
• Film Analysis - Faces of Jesus Grade 7-Grade 12
  
  The purpose of this lesson plan is to teach students the various aspects of film-making by leading them through analysis of a variety of film clips, each depicting the same event in the life of Christ as portrayed in the films. Discussion on communicating...
• From homo sapiens to homo videns Tertiary
  
  Pereyra talks about homo sapiens turning into homo videns. We have gone from abstract thinking to living in the age of images.
• Good Websites for Children Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Reviewed and rated websites for children. Barbara Feldman, a syndicated columnist and former computer consultant and programmer updates this website frequently, providing links to all sites reviewed.
• How to Choose What We Watch Tertiary
  
  "With multiple channels accessible at the press of a button and with videos and movies available throughout day or night, the visual media poses a dilemma for Seventh-day Adventists.* Much of it appears fundamentally at odds with our faith. Violence,...
• Interview with Jesus / God Grade 7-Lifelong
  
  Inspirational movies online capture God's character through text, music and visual illustration of the themes of salvation as an interview with God. Other titles include: the Lord's prayer, Psalms 23, pray for the peace of Jerusalem, prolife movie, a new beginning,...
• Link to Learning - Ontario Curriculum Links Kindergarten-Grade 12
  
  Linking you to websites supporting the Ontario curriculum, by subject area: language, mathematics, the arts, science and technology, social studies, history and geography, health and physical education. Special sections included for kindergarten, teacher advisory...
• Media Awareness Grade 3-Grade 12
  
  The Media Awareness Network offers practical support for media education in the home, school and community and provides Canadians and others with information and "food for thought" on our fast-evolving media culture. It's also a place where educators,...
• Media Awareness Network Grade 1-Tertiary
  
  "Resources and support for everyone interested in media and information literacy for young people." This Canadian network includes blogs, news, media issues, research, educational games,special initiatives and media and internet education resources...
• Media Education Foundation Grade 1-Lifelong
  
  "The Media Education Foundation produces and distributes documentary films and other educational resources to inspire critical reflection on the social, political and cultural impact of American mass media."
• Media Literacy Grade 5-Grade 12
  
  Perspectives, online resources, and projects on media literacy and how to instill in students a critical eye for all the information they encounter every day.
• Media Literacy for Prevention, Critical Thinking and Self-Esteem Grade 1-Grade 12
  
  This site is developed by Dr Peter DeBenedittis who is dedicated to creating a cultural revolution around media. This website contains research, information and educational materials about how media literacy is used for science-based prevention and internet...
• Media Messages - Do They Affect Our Youth? Kindergarten-Tertiary
  
  How do media messages affect society, particularly young people? The results show that by age 70, most people will have watched television for between 7-10 years of their lives. Other amazing statistics on significant factors such as exposure (time spent per...
• MediaLiteracy.com Grade 5-Lifelong
  
  Why media literacy? Media products entertain us, inform us, and help us connect to our community and the world. But public relations spin, violence packaged as entertainment, hyper-commercialization, news bias, digital photo manipulation and other issues provide...