Media and Politics: Lesson Plans

The Role of Media in Elections: Helping Students Understand Media’s Influence by Frank Baker, media educator

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Lesson plan title Grade Source Active Citizenship: 3-8 KidsVoting.org Judging Propaganda Ad Nauseam: Exploring the Role of Special- 6-12 New York Times Interest Groups in Campaign Advertisements Analysis of Campaign MS-HS Washington Post NIE Advertising (page 7) Analyzing & Creating Political Upper EL Ronald Reagan Foundation Advertisements Analyzing Campaign MS-HS Nebraska Unicameral Ads(worksheet) Analyzing Media- 10 ClassZone McDougal Littell Political Ads Analyzing Political 12 UTOPIA, UT-Austin Advertising Analyzing Political MS Loudoun Co (VA) Schools Campaign Commercials Everyday Americans, Analyzing Political MS Exceptional Americans Campaign Commercials curriculum Analyzing Political TV Organization of American HS Advertising Historians Anatomy of a Politcal HS KQED Ad A Race To Watch: Campaign 2008, The Role 9-12 PBS Newshour Of Technology and the Internet PBS Art, Advertising & 9-12 (How Art Made the World, Propaganda 2006) Be Ad Smart: Understanding Political 3-6, 6-8 Scholastic Advertising By the People: PBS (By The People, Election HS Analyzing Political Ads 2004) Campaign Ad Critique 6-12 Education World

Campaign Ads 2008: Storyboarding Ads Types of Ads 6-12 C-SPAN Classroom (archived) Strategies for Ads Historic Ads

Youth Leadership Initiative, Campaign Advertising MS-HS UVA Center for Politics Campaign Advertising: Selling the Candidate MS-HS Student Voices (page 7) Campaign Finance Reform HS PBS (NOW) Creating Campaign Houghton Mifflin Commercials Critical Voter MS-HS CriticalVoter.com (2012) Curriculum Decoding Elections MS-HS Newseum (2018) Deconstructing campaign Center for Action MS-HS messages & perceptions Civics/Mikva Challenge Developing Critical MS-HS The Living Room Candidate Analysis Diagnosing Propaganda Secondar Techniques in Campaign SchoolJournalism.org y Ads Dissect An Ad MS-HS PBS Election 2008 MS-HS Cyberbee.com Campaign Advertising Election 2012 Campaign MS-HS CSpan Ads Newseum (registration Evaluating Election Ads MS-HS required) Evaluating Historial CSPAN (registration MS-HS Presidential Ads required) Explore Political 6-12 Classroom Law Project 2004 Advertising Eye of the Beholder: A 9-12 Education World Media Literacy Activity Is That A Fact? Understanding 9-12 Scholastic Persuasive Strategies in Election Campaigns Fighting The Horse Race: Creating Ads Which Media Literacy Clearinghouse MS-HS Explore 2008 Inc. Presidential Candidates & Issues Getting To Know The Candidates: 3-12 Education World Analyzing Their Campaign Ads Government Lesson Plan Maryland Dept of Ed 4 How are Political Commercials Manipulated 6th The Dog At My Homework/PBS to Influence? How Effective Are Presidential Campaign C-SPAN 2020 Ads? Is That A Fact? 3-8 Scholastic (2008) It’s An Ad Eats Ad 6-12 New York Times World The Language of 9-12 Assignment Media Literacy Politics Lights, Camera, Politics: Create Your 7-12 PBS Newshour 2012 Own Presidential Campaign Ad Media And Elections 12 University of Texas Media Construction of MS-HS Project LookSharp Presidential Campaigns Secondar Media Images of the y; Appalachian State University President: Web Quest College MEDIASCOPE: MS-HS HRW: Elements of Literature Political TV Ad Playing On Emotions: Focus on Political Ads MS-HS The Living Room Candidate Featuring Children Political Advertising Student Voices: Annenberg Public Policy Candidates In Their Own HS Center Words Unit 3 (2005) Option 2 (pages 5-7) Political Ads In MS HS The Living Room Candidate Historical Context Political Ads: Leading HS PBS or Misleading Voters? Political Advertising: NA Philadelphia Inquirer Be Prepared Political 3-12 Election Co-nnection Advertisements Political Advertising & Secondar Common Sense Propaganda Techniques y Political Campaign Secondar PBS Advertisements 2016 y Political Commercials: Leading or Misleading HS PBS Newshour Extra (2004) Voters Political TV 9th-12th 2011, Curriki Advertisement Project Presidential Ads Lesson MS-HS Flocabulary Plan Presidential Election: Making TV HS Teachable Moment news Propaganda Techniques in Literature and 9-12 Read, Write, Think Online Political Ads Ready to Vote: Look Out MS-HS Knowitall.org (SC ETV) Lesson Plan on 5-12 Scholastic Magazine Political Ads Social Media and Advertising in the 2012 9-12 PBS Newshour (2012) Elections Students Create Video Ads For 9-12 NY Times Learning Network Historial Presidential Elections Questions for Analyzing 6-12 C-SPAN Ads Road to the White Students for Educated House: Democracy; HS Understanding Pres. US Hispanic Leadership Elections Institute Selling Candidates: 7th, 8th grade, 7-8 ACME, Vermont Campaign Ad Unit Selling of A Candidate: Secondar Political Advertising University of Houston y at its Worst and Best Ten Ways to Write about Secondar National Council for Election Time y Teachers of English (NCTE) The People’s Choice: Secondar Digital Imagery and the SEDL y Art of Persuasion Elementa The 2004 Election: Kids ry- Instructor Magazine Can Make A Difference Middle Understanding Political 9-12 Hot Chalk Advertising Understanding The Language Of Political MS-HS The Living Room Candidate Ads Use Editorial Cartoons to Teach About MS-HS Education World Elections Past and Present Using Political Propaganda During 9-12 Congresslink.org Elections View Smart To Vote MS, HS Cable TV Industry Smart Watching The Elections 8-12 MediaSmart What Makes A Good Secondar CSPAN Campaign Ad? y What Makes An Effective MS,HS The Living Room Candidate Ad? Winning Campaigns-2008 6-8 Scholastic