Media Literacy & the Arts in Teaching

Free Resources

Students are bombarded by thousands of images and messages every day. Find out how you can help them learn to "read and write" this new media and prepare for the global media culture of the 21st century.

Media literacy embraces the entire process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating, and creating media.   -The Center for Media Literacy

Visit the Center for Media Literacy Web site to find background information and teaching materials on media literacy, including the following resources:

• Project SMARTArt -- A case study and a "how-to" program for teaching media literacy skills to K-5 students, with replicable structure, tools, and lesson plans.
  
  
• Five Key Questions That Can Change the World: Deconstruction  -- A downloadable classroom activity guide that provides 25 lesson plans for K-12 media literacy.
  
  
• Media&Values magazine -- Over 350 articles online.
  
  
• Center for Media Literacy's MediaLitKit™ -- Materials for free and for sale, in English and in Spanish.
  

The Center for Media Literacy is a nonprofit educational organization that provides leadership, public education, professional development, and educational resources nationally.