Teaching Media Literacy: A How-To-Do-It Manual

by Belinha S. De Abreu

Television, radio, movies, magazines information reaches kids through all formats. How can you help them develop the critical thinking skills to navigate information in all its mediums? This unique how-to includes ready-to-use lessons for television, movies, photography and images, music and videos, and more. De Abreu provides curriculum connections to English/Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, and other core areas; tips for adapting the lessons for different grade and ability levels; a complete glossary of terms; and bibliographies of helpful print and electronic resources. The companion CD-ROM features all of the worksheets and lesson planning tools for easy replication or modification.

217 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2007

Reviews

[Warren · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first half of this book provides a comprehensive review of the key components of media literacy. These components can be used in the classroom as part of a specific lesson on media literacy, or as part of a larger unit in which media plays a part. The second half of the book consists mostly of lesson plans, and most are geared toward middle school age. In addition, the lessons are broken down by form of media. A greater variety of grade levels would help here, as would sample lessons that integrate media with subject-area content knowledge, and lessons that interweave a variety of media. That said, there is also a superb glossary, timeline and media-literacy resource list at the end. Books on this topic are becoming more common, which is supportive to educators and important to education as a whole.

[Kathleen Currie Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Disclaimer: I contributed to this book but even if I did not I would give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.

[Ginny Daniels · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of excellent ideas for teaching media literacy! Definitely one of those textbooks you keep.

[Amy M. Mize · Rating 4 out of 5]

MEDT 7490 Textbook Fall 2020: Recent, and this book gets 4 stars for being focused on how to use media in the classroom. Mostly practical, not theoretical.