De Abreu, Belinha S

"Featuring reflective activities and lesson ideas that can be adapted for educational settings from higher education to the K-12 spectrum, community centers, and libraries, this resource presents ten chapters that explore such timely issues as how to deal with controversial topics in the classroom, the effects of misinformation/disinformation on civics in society, why the media underrepresents certain people in their programming, the digital divide and where libraries fit in, how injustice exacerbates public health issues, and global conceptions of social justice and media literacy examined through various world events"--Provided by publisher.

"Teaching Media Literacy connects educators of all kinds to tools to help youth develop the critical thinking skills to navigate information in all its mediums in a way that makes sense with what's happening in the world"--.

Offers teachers ready-to-use lesson plans to help them create classroom lessons that develop students' critical thinking skills in response to the information they are exposed to through television, the Internet, movies, and the media. Includes a CD-ROM with additional resources.