Teachers see the role media plays in students’ lives every day, both academically and socially. Media Power Youth offers evidence-based curricula you can easily integrate into core instruction to teach young people media literacy knowledge and critical-thinking skills to use media responsibly and recognize the power it has to influence specific behaviors including bullying, violence, substance misuse, and nutrition. Empowered students make better decisions, and better decision-making helps students excel.
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Empower Students to Safely Navigate a Complex Media World
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Media Literacy for Safe & Healthy Choices 2.0
FOR GRADES 4-5
This evidence-based educational resource contains lessons on how media and technology shape our habits and attitudes around wellness while engaging students in a hands-on health fair project. New topics include vaping, infographics, reality TV, stress management, and community. This curriculum has 12 lessons distributed across three pillars of health (brain, body, and being) and includes three health fair planning lessons.
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FOR GRADES 6-8
This curriculum is designed to shape constructive media usage and provide middle school students with a better understanding of how online interactions influence their beliefs, behaviors, and choices. Students learn how to think critically about social media messages, manage online conflict, explore the role of digital media in peer pressure and substance abuse, and practice empathy in situations that mimic the daily online challenges teens experience.
Digital Climate Change: Tweet & Text Your Way to a Better World
FOR GRADES 6-8
This project-based learning module teaches students how to recognize their own emotions, the emotions of others, and miscommunications in digital spaces. It also explores how personal communication habits impact individual mental health and relationships. This interactive learning experience culminates in the creation of a guidebook on healthy online communication and how to put empathy skills into practice.
Cyber Cipher: Decoding Social Networks
FOR GRADES 7-9
This sophisticated curriculum for tech-savvy youth dives deep into the ways technology is integrated into our daily lives. Students will question things like algorithms and networks, building on their personal experiences and creating opportunities for peer-to-peer learning. They will conclude this experience by designing their own apps to help their communities.
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