CR Outcome #8

CIVIL RIGHTS UNIT

Outcome #7 Media Literacy	Develop media literacy.  Examine texts produced  in a variety of  media to determine the role they play in the creation of a people’s beliefs about themselves and others as pertains to their identities.  Discuss the role of the media in constructing or deconstructing stereotypes.  Correlate this with the demographic data you gathered on income, education, and geographic distributions of the population.  Produce media messages.
DO:	BY/WITH:
Discuss these questions: 1.       Do media texts contribute to unequal social stratification?  Why or why not? 2.       How can I, or we, utilize media for the purpose of creating a democratic society based upon equality, freedom, and justice? 3.       What would such a democratic society be like?  How would it be different from what we have now? 4.       Who produces media, for whom, and for what purpose? 5.       How does the media influence people’s feelings and beliefs?	Jigsaw Groups -  (one Expert from each Expert Group)
View, analyze and critique several examples of media.	Whole Class and Jigsaw Groups.  Use Media Analysis Guidelines.
Discuss impressions with others, and make recommendations.	Jigsaw Groups -  (one Expert from each Expert Group)
Interview media professionals.	Listen to and talk with guest speakers from media industries such as film, television, radio, newspaper, etc.
Create and produce a program or product demonstrating use of media for democratic justice.	Expert Groups – TV, Radio, Newspaper, Film
ENABLERS	STRATEGIES
Vocabulary -  critique, reading and writing and media, persuade, convince, justify, text, media literacy, democracy, civil rights, dramatic interpretation.	Media production, Jigsaw grouping, brainstorming, evaluating, recommending, interviewing, use of media equipment.
	INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT
Media production including rationale based upon analysis of media exercises, and knowledge of civil rights and democracy.  (Try to get access to a public TV studio, radio station, and newspaper) Create real productions for real audiences.  Seek feedback from audiences for assessment purposes.  Possibly a nearby university will have a graduate student or two who would like to work with the group as part of a course requirement or dissertation project. You never know when a parents or a parent’s friend will have access to resources. Ask everyone everywhere!	Critical or persuasive essay to be sent to a commercial media company. Participation in group research, production and presentation.