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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 issues appropriately--in the career setting or in the family room." This paper was presented at the 3rd Institute of Christian Teaching. -
Are Music Choices Really Important? Tertiary-Lifelong"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.... -
Classroom Media Literacy Tools for Combating Disinformation and Fake News Grade 3-Lifelong"While in the past students previously used more books and encyclopedias to conduct their research and complete their schoolwork, most now use online search engines such as Google. For this reason, media literacy is an essential component of the curriculum,... -
Critical Thinking and the Media Kindergarten-LifelongWe 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 about fact, fiction, opinion, and to dig for Truth. -
Current Beats -Teaching English in our Times Grade 10-Grade 12This is a proposal for a one-semester course in teaching language arts through dialog about and analysis of literature and media forms of the 20th-21st centuries. Besides providing fascinating material for teaching literature and writing, significant questions... -
Film Analysis - Faces of Jesus Grade 7-Grade 12The 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 through film is included. -
From Homo Sapiens to Homo Videns Tertiary-LifelongPereyra talks about homo sapiens turning into homo videns. We have gone from abstract thinking to living in the age of images. -
How to Choose What We Watch Tertiary-Lifelong"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,... -
Ideology for Children - The Film FormiguinhaZ in the Light of Cultural Studies and Cultural Semiotics TertiaryThis text makes an ideological critique of the animated production FormiguihaZ, by Dreamworks. It considers cinema an important pedagogical tool at the service of dominant structures, but recognizes that within the cultural industry there are also spaces of... -
Jane Austen - English Unit Grade 9-Grade 12This Teacher Bulletin unit features the works of Jane Austen. Why? "Because she’s everywhere out there, and almost nowhere in the anthologies we teach high school English literature from. Because she has much to say that is relevant to teenagers... -
Media Awareness - Hidden Persuaders Unit Grade 5-Grade 12Media messages surround our students who are influenced to buy, do, or be whatever the media is selling. The media often portrays a lifestyle that is not consistent with Christian values. Learning the "hidden persuaders" in advertising and politics can help students make better choices as they form their worldview. -
Media Messages - Do They Affect Our Youth? Kindergarten-LifelongHow 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. -
PET 11-02: Panorama of Educational Thoughts Preschool-Grade 12Download Vaughn Jennings' February 2011 newsletter for Adventist teachers in North America. This edition considers the importance of media literacy from a biblical perspective. -
Pilgrimage from Rock Grade 11-LifelongNeumann tells the story of his spiritual pilgrimage from rock music to the Rock of Ages. -
Questions of Discernment in Dealing with Todays Entertainment Media Grade 7-LifelongChristian spotlight reviews current videos or films, and links to articles and research on the impact of media. -
School Internet Safety - More than Block it to Stop It Kindergarten-Grade 12This article suggests how schools can help guide students learn proper internet use and how to avoid safety risks such as addiction, cyberbullying, hacking, identity theft, or interacting with criminals. -
Screening the Screen - Media Literacy and the Christian Grade 9-LifelongIn today's society, we often are overrun with media. How do we know what content is appropriate for a Christian? Steyn gives a five key point outline that will help you decide if your choices are affecting you positively or negatively. "We... -
Teaching Christian Values - Mind Games Preschool-Grade 11How can parents best manage the impact of media on their developing child's mind? Part of a series of articles for parents of students attending Adventist schools, this undated, one-page newsletter is written by an experienced Adventist child psychologist... -
Teaching Diversity and Media Literacy through Drama Grade 9-Grade 12This 2018 NAD convention breakout session demonstrated "how dramatic texts can be useful tools for teaching diversity and media literacy in high school classrooms. The co-presenters [discussed] strategies for assignment design to meet NAD and Common Core... -
Television - Terrible or Terrific? Grade 1-LifelongTelevision is neither all good, nor all bad. Arguments are presented for each. -
The Bible and Media Literacy Tertiary-LifelongSteyn looks at teaching media literacy and how that relates to the Seventh-day Adventist philosophy of education. The goal is not to make a list of do's and don'ts in regards to what people should watch. -
TV Spotlight - Christian Answers.net Grade 1-LifelongReview TV program ranking from a Christian worldview. Or link to movie and eGame reviews, Christian films and what's coming in Christian spotlight on entertainment.