Middle+School+Lesson+Plans

**Lesson Plan Databases: Visit these sites to search for topics, lesson plans, and reference materials.**

 * **Media Awareness Network:** Media and Internet Education Resources. Contains links for educators and parents, as well as a searchable Lesson Plan Database.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/teachers/index.cfm


 * **Center for Media Literacy**--a website with a "vision and directions for successfully introducing media literacy in classrooms." [|**Center for Media Literacy**]

**Lesson Plans (By Topic)**
**__Television Lesson Plans__**


 * //Art Reflecting Life: Analyzing How Popular Television Programs Reflect Issues In Contemporary Society// (from the New York Times Database)   http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/lessons/20070517thursday.html


 * __News Media Lesson Plans__**


 * //Hurricane Katrina and the "Two-Photo Controversy"//--grade 8. http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/teachable_moments/katrina_2_photo.cfm


 * __Body Image Lesson Plans__**


 * //Gender Stereotypes and Body Images//-- for 6th and 7th grade. Uses magazines.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/body_image/gndr_stereo_body_image.cfm


 * //Predjudice and Body Image//--for grades 3-7. Uses Magazines.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/body_image/prejudice_body_image.cfm


 * //Image Gap//--grades 5-8.   http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/tobacco/image_gap.cfm


 * //The Price of Happiness: On Advertising, Image, and Self-Esteem//.--Grades 8-12.


 * __Peer Pressure Lesson Plans__**


 * //The Anatomy of Cool//--grades 4-7. Students read and discuss and article, then create their own surveys.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/body_image/anatomy_of_cool.cfm


 * //Put Downs//--grade 6. Students analyze and discuss how put-downs are used in television, film, music, and pop-culture.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/television_radio/put_downs.cfm


 * __Food and Advertising__**


 * //Looks Good Enough To Ea//t--grades 4-7. Examines food photography and how advertisers appeal to consumers.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/advertising_marketing/good_enough_to_eat.cfm


 * //You Gotta Have a Gimmik!: A Lesson in Junk Food Advertising//--grades 5-7. Discusses marketing techniques in television and magazines.  http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/resources/educational/lessons/elementary/advertising_marketing/gotta_have_a_gimmick.cfm