Lesson on Media Literacy
During one of my sixth grade classes, I used a videoclip to show students the importance of critically analyzing media-based texts. I showed my students a powerful videoclip (please see below) and then had them write their own internet postings. The goal of the lesson was to show students how easy it is to post online and that they should not believe everything they read.
You can see my students’ internet postings at this link. These postings pertain to a medieval themed unit that I organized for my students.