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Background/
Introduction/
Standards

Key Quotes
 

Objectives/
Preparing Students

Critical Inquiry

Media Literacy
 
Teaching Suggestion (NCSS)
 
Other
Lesson Plans

Candidates
Websites/Streams
 
NEW

Ad Watch Columns
(evaluating spots 
for accuracy)
 
Past Campaign Ads

 

IN THE NEWS
timely news articles
to download/print
 
 
 
Campaign/Election
news resources

Election sites for
Teachers and students
 
Web Resources
 
Recommended Texts
 
Recommended
Videos
 
 
   
   
 
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The Role of Media in Elections: 
Helping Students Understand Media's Influence
by Frank Baker, media educator
©2007
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Curriculum:
  

The Presidential Election     

DVDs:


Student Activities:
                                                                                      
 Looking Presidential
           Compare & contrast magazine covers/ Compare & Contrast 2

                                                  
Download these recommended resources:
             
The Impact of Obama’s Constant Media Presence (NY Mag)
                                    Look back on the  2008 Presidential debates
                                      
The Election Year That Was...On YouTube
                                             Role of Music In Campaign Ads (Video)
              Media Spectacle & 2008 Pres Election
(Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
                                         Looking The Part: Political Image Making
                        
 News Media Get Trampled By Their Own Horse Race
Framing the Candidates: A Closer Look at Campaign Biography Videos
                        
Truth telling in the media and the fall elections (MPR)
                               
Truth in Advertising? Not for Political Ads (TIME)
                                    
How To Differentiate Political Facts And Lies
       Study Probes: How to Reach Young Readers With Campaign News
                                             Teaching with and about the conventions
                                             Obama & Demo Convention Stagecraft
                                     How many Obama magazine covers is too many?
                         
Selling candidates' brand is crucial to wooing voters
                                           When Images Speak Louder Than Words
                                            
Networks wary of convention coverage

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: 04/26/2010