Site Title

Media Awareness Network (Canada)

 

URL   

http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/index.cfm

 

 

ED Related Page(s)

Media Awareness

Publication Year

2010

Content Description:

 

MNet's Web site offers media literacy materials on a wide range of media, including Internet, television, film, video games, newspapers, advertising and popular music. The For Parents section offers tips for talking to kids about media content and advice on managing media use in the home. The For Teachers section includes over 200 lessons and supporting materials aligned with provincial and territorial media education outcomes for Grades K-12. The Media Issues section offers in-depth research and essays on media-related topics such as stereotyping, media violence, information privacy, Canadian cultural policies and online hate.

 

Media and Internet Education Resources

On this page: links to numerous articles and lessons related to media and body image, such as

 

“Beauty and Body Image in the Media”

 

 “Thinness Statistics Handout”

  

“Media and Girls”

 

 

Lessons include:

 

Prejudice and Body Image

Level: Grades 3 to 7

This lesson lets students take a good look at our society's pressures to conform to standards of beauty - particularly to be thin - and the related prejudice against being "overweight." Through class discussion and activities, students begin to recognize how the media pressure us to achieve a certain looks and how media images may lead to prejudice against those who don't conform to their standards of attractiveness.

 

Prejudice and Body Image – Competencies Chart

Elementary cycles 2 & 3

 

 

Audience

Students, Teachers, Parents.

 

Language(s)

English

 

Author Affiliations

The Media Awareness Network (MNet) is home to one of the world's most comprehensive collections of media and digital literacy resources. MNet is a Canadian non-profit organization that has been pioneering the development of media and digital literacy programs since its incorporation in 1996.