Building Trust Through Media Content

This lesson is designed to build students’ competencies in the following skills:

• critical thinking
• communication
• community engagement
• digital literacy
• ethical understanding
• global citizenship
• reflection

Australian Curriculum (v9.0) content description: 

Year 9, English

Students learn to: 

• analyse how representations of people, places, events and concepts reflect contexts (AC9E9LY01).

Year 10, English

Students learn to: 

• analyse and evaluate how people, places, events and concepts are represented in texts and reflect contexts (AC9E10LY01).

Relevant parts of Year 9 English achievement standards: Students analyse representations of people, places, events and concepts, and how texts respond to contexts. 

Relevant parts of Year 10 English achievement standards:Students analyse and evaluate representations of people, places, events and how interpretations of these may be influenced by readers and viewers. 

NSW Syllabus outcomes:

A student:

• analyses representations of ideas in literature through genre and theme that reflect perspective and context, argument and authority, and adapts these representations when creating texts (EN3-UARL-02).

General capabilities: Critical and Creative Thinking, Digital Literacy, Literacy, Personal and Social Capability, Ethical Understanding  

Cross-curriculum priority: Sustainability 

Level of teacher scaffolding: Medium - this lesson requires teacher modelling and demonstration of websites. The teacher will be required to explore the websites prior to students using these sites independently.

UN SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

• Target 4.7: By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development.

UN SDG 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels

• Target 16.5: Substantially reduce corruption and bribery in all their forms
• Target 16.10: Ensure public access to information and protect fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements.

• Student devices
• Sticky notes
• Student Worksheet
• Whiteboard

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