Lessons and ideas for engaging themed lessons with Canadian content. Recommended resources include podcasts, videos, study guides, archives. See also the section on Essential Frameworks. Founded in 1978, the Association for Media Literacy is the official subject association for the Ontario Ministry of Education and created the province's first media literacy curriculum.
Lesson plans (e.g., Break the Fake on fake news and media literacy), tips sheets, search tool. Offers a digital literacy framework and outcomes for Canadian schools, organized by grade and province. Many free resources (e.g., African dance & hip hop)— some, with advisories about cultural appropriation issues. Also offers access to fee-based licensed resources such as interactive digital literacy tutorials (e.g., cyberbullying) by grade level.
1+ min online videos, geared to young children, with daily news bites on timely topics (e.g. Why Are Schools Closed for Coronavirus?). Includes a free teacher resource guide (PDF) on how to use video effectively in the classroom.
This American organization promotes “media literacy education as a framework for accessing, analyzing, evaluating, creating and participating with media content” and helps young “develop critical thinking and media production skills needed to live fully in the 21st century media culture.” A comprehensive site with background & framework, theory, practice, implementation, lesson plans & activities, and professional development materials. Free, downloadable files. For example, see Five Key Questions That Can Change the World, a classroom activity guide with 25 lesson plans for K–12 classrooms; or MediaLit Moments, with in-class activities on current key issues.
Detailed lesson plan on using media literacy to inspire environmental sustainability. Lists webinars for teacher professional development.
Lists general media literacy sites with lesson plans, games and interactive activities, videos. Also organizes teaching resources on key topics such as gender, body image, advertising.
Offers learning module units that bundle lesson plans, activities, and support materials. Also offers student activities, videos and case studies. designed to help Canadian educators “empower students under the voting age with the habits and skills of informed citizenship.” CIVIX is a national registered charity dedicated to building the skills and habits of active and informed citizenship among young Canadians.” The organization “provides experiential learning opportunities to help young Canadians practice their rights and responsibilities as citizens and connect with their democratic institutions.” Their flagship program Student Vote provides a parallel election experience—coinciding with official elections—to Canadian schools.