A classic resource for K-12 teachers
After 25 years, it's still the most popular resource from the Media Education Lab!
This is the 18-unit curriculum created by Renee Hobbs and colleagues in 1998! You will be pleased to see how timeless and relevant these lessons continue to be!
You can download the PDF files with lesson plans and reproducibles for each unit and use the videos to teach media literacy in conjunction with social studies, language arts and health education.
Thousands of students and teachers in Maryland and Texas used Assignment: Media Literacy which was supported by the Maryland State Department of Education and Discovery Communications, Inc. Read the evaluation report from Rutgers University here.
ELEMENTARY LESSONS (Grades 3 - 5)
Lesson 1. Asking Critical Questions
Lesson 2. Understanding Media Genres