Series

Media Minute

6 episodes

A six-part set of short animated videos from MediaSmarts, Canada's media-literacy non-profit, made to hand kids the five key concepts of media literacy. Each ~1.5-minute episode takes one big idea -- media are built from parts, every medium has its own form, media are made for money, media shape what we think, and audiences make their own meaning -- illustrates it with a simple analogy, and ends with a "be media smart" challenge for the viewer to try. A tidy, kid-facing on-ramp to any media-literacy or digital-citizenship unit.

what this series covers

What Media Minute covers

6 episodes in the library, tagged for 3rd–6th. Heaviest coverage: Media Arts. Between them they line up with 4 distinct standards across 1 framework.

Episodes per grade

3rd: 6
4th: 6
5th: 6
6th: 6

Episodes per subject

Media Arts: 6

National Core Arts 4

MA:Cn11.1.5aResearch and show how media artworks and ideas relate to personal, social and community life, such as exploring commercial and information purposes, history, and ethics.
MA:Re7.1.5bIdentify, describe, and differentiate how various forms, methods, and styles in media artworks manage audience experience.
MA:Re8.1.5Determine and compare personal and group interpretations of a variety of media artworks, considering their intention and context.
MA:Re7.1.5aIdentify, describe, and differentiate how message and meaning are created by components in media artworks.

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