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Teaching Resources

Curriculum Materials

The Media Education Lab creates free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills, and competencies.

Screencasting a Critical Analysis

Screencasting a Critical Analysis

Critically analyze a McDonald's commercial to compose a short video deconstructing the ad using the five critical questions of media literacy.

Digital and Media Literacy Education

Digital and Media Literacy Education

This book introduces educators to the practice and theory of digital and media literacy education in secondary schools.

 Discovering Media Literacy

Discovering Media Literacy

Learn how to implement digital and media literacy with urban elementary students

 Exploring the Roots of Digital & Media Literacy through Personal Narrative

Exploring the Roots of Digital & Media Literacy through Personal Narrative

New book explores the history of teaching and learning about media

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Journal of Media Literacy Education

Research reports and Voices from the Field help advance new knowledge on the pedagogy of media literacy

 Powerful Voices for Kids

Powerful Voices for Kids

A book and website explores media literacy with Philadelphia elementary school students and teachers

The Media Straight Up!

The Media Straight Up!

Engage learners in exploring substance abuse prevention using the pedagogy of media literacy

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy

Summer Institute in Digital Literacy

Our annual professional development program for K-12 and college faculty, librarians and media professionals

 Media Lunacy for Media Literacy

Media Lunacy for Media Literacy

Tickle the funny bones while activating students' critical thinking about media

Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English

Reading the Media: Media Literacy in High School English

Grade 11 English teachers developed a year-long course in Media & Communication at Concord High School