STANDARD 3.5 (VIEWING AND MEDIA LITERACY) ALL STUDENTS WILL ACCESS, VIEW, EVALUATE, AND RESPOND TO PRINT, NONPRINT, AND ELECTRONIC TEXTS AND RESOURCES.

 

Descriptive Statement: Students learn how to view critically and thoughtfully in order to respond to visual messages and images in print, nonverbal interactions, the arts, and electronic media. Effective viewing is essential to comprehend and respond to personal interactions, live performances, visual arts that involve oral and/or written language, and both print media (graphs, charts, diagrams, illustrations, photographs, and graphic design in books, magazines, and newspapers) and electronic media (television, computers, and film). A media-literate person is able to evaluate media for credibility and understands how words, images, and sounds influence the way meanings are conveyed and understood in contemporary society. Students need to recognize that what they speak, hear, write, and read contributes to the content and quality of their viewing.

 

 

Cumulative Progress Indicators

 

Building upon knowledge and skills gained in preceding grades, by the end of Grade 12, students will:

 

A.     Constructing Meaning from Media

 1.         Understand that messages are representations of social reality and vary by historic time periods and parts of the world.

 2.         Identify and evaluate how a media product expresses the values of the culture that produced it.

 3.         Identify and select media forms appropriate for the viewer’s purpose.

 

B.     Visual and Verbal Messages

 1.         Analyze media for stereotyping (e.g., gender, ethnicity).

 2.         Compare and contrast three or more media sources.

 

C.     Living with Media

 1.         Use print and electronic media texts to explore human relationships, new ideas, and aspects of culture (e.g., racial prejudice, dating, marriage, family, and social institutions).

 2.         Determine influences on news media based on existing political, historical, economical, and social contexts (e.g., importance of audience feedback).

 3.     Recognize that creators of media and performances use a number of forms, techniques, and technologies to convey their messages.

 

 

Link to Standard 3.5 Grade 8

 

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