Developing media literacy

Teacher notes

This lesson is suitable for KS3/4 and is adaptable for a KS5 context. This lesson aims to develop students' media literacy and critical thinking. It ideally builds on the lesson plan called 'Why are there refugees?', which means the films in this lesson can be omitted and more time spent exploring the wider storyworld. **Please be aware of, and sensitive to, any students who may have lived experience of seeking asylum.** **Lyfta core themes:** Community and Citizenship, Culture and Identity, Equality and Human Rights, Health and Wellbeing, Professions and Entrepreneurship, Relationships. **Lyfta core skills and values**: Active Citizenship & Political Awareness, Communication, Conflict Resolution, Coping Methods, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Digital Literacy, Empathy & Understanding Others, Feedback & Critique, Healthy Living, Human Rights, Information Retrieval, Intercultural Competence, Lifelong Learning, Perspective-Taking, Practical Life Skills, Respect, Resilience & Perseverance, Taking Initiative, Troubleshooting & Problem-Solving, Understanding Data. **SDGs:** 3,10,11,16,17. **National Curriculum Objectives:** KS3 English Read critically through: - knowing how language, vocabulary choice and organisational features present meaning making critical comparisons across texts. KS4 English Understand and critically evaluate texts through: - reading in different ways for different purposes, summarising and synthesising ideas and information, and evaluating their usefulness for particular purposes - drawing on knowledge of the purpose, audience for and context of writing, including its social, historical and cultural context, to inform evaluation - seeking evidence in the text to support a point of view, including justifying inferences with evidence - distinguishing between statements that are supported by evidence and those that are not, and identifying bias and misuse of evidence 
 - analysing a writer’s choice of vocabulary, form, grammatical and structural features, and evaluating their effectiveness and impact 
 - making critical comparisons, referring to the contexts, themes, characterisation and style of texts, drawing on knowledge and skills from wider reading - make an informed personal response, recognising that other responses to a text are possible and evaluating these. KS3 PSHE H2: to understand what can affect wellbeing and resilience (e.g. life changes) R41. the need to promote inclusion and challenge discrimination L23. to recognise the importance of seeking a variety of perspectives on issues and ways of assessing the evidence which supports those views. KS4 PSHE H5. the characteristics of mental and emotional health; to develop empathy and understanding about how daily actions can affect people’s mental health H6. about change and its impact on mental health and wellbeing and to recognise the need for emotional support during life changes and/or difficult experiences. KS5 PSHE L24. to be a critical consumer of online information in all its forms, including recognising bias, propaganda and manipulation.