8th Grade Perception - Critical Media Literacy

Throughout our eighth grade Perception unit, our students will learn how to critically analyze media. They will study the following big topics, by responding to an online forum with media samples:
-Race
-Religion
-Ethnicity
-Socioeconomic Status
-Gender
-Age
-Ability
On the first day of the unit, they heard from speakers from the Arab American Association during a Take On Hate workshop. They looked at the way Muslims are portrayed in popular media sources and brainstormed ideas for turning around these stereotypes.

They also conducted print media research before selecting a big topic to study in depth for their cause marketing project. Eventually, they will choose a specific problem they see in media that they would like to turn around in a cause marketing campaign.