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Lesson Plan
Media Literacy: Examining the World of Television Teens
| Grades | 6 – 8 |
| Lesson Plan Type | Standard Lesson |
| Estimated Time | Five 60-minute sessions |
| Lesson Author |
Pleasanton, California New Haven, Connecticut |
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STUDENT INTERACTIVES
Grades 6 – 12 | Student Interactive | Inquiry & Analysis
Students can map out the key literary elements of character, setting, conflict, and resolution as prewriting for their own fiction or as analysis of a text by another author in this secondary-level interactive.
CALENDAR ACTIVITIES
Grades 7 – 12 | Calendar Activity |  August 4
President Barack Obama was born today in 1961.
Students are introduced to a passage by President Barack Obama in his book Dreams from My Father and are encouraged to engage in an examination of the ways they are portrayed by the media.

