Curriculum Materials
The Media Education Lab creates free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills, and competencies.
Digital and Media Literacy: A Plan of Action
Why all Americans need a set of digital and media literacy competencies
Media Literacy Smartphone
Help students learn to ask questions about what they read, see, watch and listen to.
Screencasting a Critical Analysis
Critically analyze a McDonald's commercial to compose a short video deconstructing the ad using the five critical questions of media literacy.
Media Lunacy for Media Literacy
Tickle the funny bones while activating students' critical thinking about media
Growing Up Online
Lesson plans for the Frontline film, "Growing Up Online" created by Renee Hobbs and Kelly Mendoza
Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation
Digital Workshops for parents and educators are part of Frontline's "Digital Nation."
Media Literacy and Cultural Understanding of People in the Middle East
Elementary students explore the representation of the people and cultures of the Middle East in media
Tuning in to Media: Literacy for the Information Age
In this award-winning documentary, Renee Hobbs offers a compelling analysis of how news and entertainment covered the Rodney King beating and 1992 Los Angeles riots and introduces the key concepts of media literacy, showcasing elementary, middle and high school classrooms where teachers are applying media literacy concepts to the curriculum with impressive results.
PBS News Hour Student Reporting Labs
A hands-on media production curriculum for developing news literacy skills with high school students.
Using Voice Thread for Media Literacy Education
Analyze and comment on media messages using Voice Thread!