Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...

Article reports on the power of imagery to change how people perceive various crises and how they affect children.

An interactive three-part lesson on how fine print is used in advertising. In part one students read three advertisements and determine which details from the ads are important and which are not. In part two students read six...

Media Smarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson, young students will learn about online advertisements targeted to children. Students will play on online game; they will create an advertisement for a...

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson, students will learn to watch and listen to a television with a critical lense

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. For this lesson, young students will learn how to differentiate "branded" and brands" in content. Students will also learn learn strategies and goals of advertisers.

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for young scholars. In this lesson, young students will learn about the importance of spokescharacters for companies. Then young scholars will create own jingles and...

MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for young scholars. In this lesson, young students will become reflect about television programs they enjoy and analyze why they enjoy them.

This collection, which includes videos, blog articles, student handouts, lesson plans, and tip sheets for families, helps students identify, analyze, and investigate the news and information they get from online sources. Media literacy...

Read about strategies to help students integrate information across diverse media formats. Includes video. [4:18]