Educate yourself (& your students) about Media and Government Propaganda

Propaganda Resources on the Web

Check out the GREAT resources on the site below for developing critical thinking with this list of about 30 great advertising and propaganda resources

via Bill Chapman's Classroom Tools Propaganda Resources

Thanks to a comment left by Frank Baker on my media literacy resources yesterday, I was reminded of how many state's standards include media literacy and the many different ways it can be included in a traditional classroom. Today I found this great post listing all kinds of resources, links and activities to help navigate the ideas behind advertising and propaganda. There are print ad galleries, presidential campaign ads and Historical Radio Advertising... I hope you find something useful!

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Media Savy Kids

Great article I found at during today's Powerful Voices Open Door session...

“How do we prepare kids for living in a society where almost all their information and entertainment comes to them through a screen?” asks Renee Hobbs, Ed.D., director of the Media Education Lab at Temple University in Philadelphia.

  The answer: We teach media literacy, which trains children to think critically about both the overt and subtle media messages that wash over them every day. Media literacy — the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms — is growing in importance in schools across the country.

via teacher.scholastic.com

Click on the side link for additional resources including...

5 Media-Savvy Questions That Kids Should Ask

1. Who created this message?
2. What creative techniques are used to get my attention?
3. How might different people interpret this message?
4. What lifestyles, values, and points of view are in this message? What was left out and why?
5. Why is this message being sent?

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