Media Literacy: Textbooks
K-12 Textbooks/Multimedia with elements of media literacy
At the present time (2022) there is no MEDIA LITERACY TEXTBOOK designed to be used in US schools.
What is listed below could be described as companion texts.
(See also texts from Canada, Australia/New Zealand UK listed below)
Inquire (2012) Prentice Hall MediaStudio Media Smart (DVD)
MediaZone Media Literacy & Communication Skills Media Focus Visual Messages
Elements of Language: (Grades 2, 5, 8) Elements of Language Understanding the Media Integrating Imagery Into
Holt Rinehart and Winston (Holt, Rinehart, Winston) Creating Media Instruction
Higher Education
Canada
Literacy in Action See the DVD that supports the grade 7-8 texts |
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Canadian Reading B, Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 2 Canadian Reading C Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 3 Canadian Reading D Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 4 Canadian Reading E Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 5 Canadian Reading F Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 6 |
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Tree House Press
Media Texts Click on individual books for details |
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Nelson Literacy 8 (Global Citizens) Media Literacy Integrated into Every Unit In Nelson Literacy students are introduced to the characteristics of a different media form and learn strategies for analyzing and evaluating overt and implicit messages, identifying audience and purpose, and using media conventions and techniques. |
Literature & Media 9, Literature & Media 10, Literature & Media 11 |
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Mass Media And Popular Culture |
Australia/New Zealand (full list of texts here)
Film, Television & New Media |
Heinemann Media, 3rd ed | |||
Nelson Media VCE Units 1-4, 3rd Edition | |||
Media New Ways and Meanings | |||
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Senior Media Workbook | ||
Targeting Media: Television & Film Targeting Media: Newspapers & Magazines Blake Education |
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https://web.archive.org/web/20120414144019/ http://mrsrobertsmedia.com/?page_id=24not a textbook, but a study design document, very valuable |
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This book offers guidance and ideas on how to make creative arts and media teaching relevant, stimulating and above all creative. The book responds to the economic and cultural changes in society in the 21st century and the needs of learners growing up in a sophisticated digital and competitive world. “Creative Arts and Media 14+” provides fresh teaching approaches in order to motivate and develop learners’ knowledge and skills. May and Warr outline key concepts and ideas in the creative arts and media world, as well as how these ideas are recorded and transmitted. They distinguish between different pedagogic approaches and techniques and explore their application within creative arts and media learning. The book draws on different types of resources, including those outside the classroom that can enhance your delivery of theoretical concepts. The authors acknowledge the changing nature of qualifications and suggest suitable strategies for the delivery and assessment of creative arts and media programmes. “Creative Arts and Media 14+” supports trainee and experienced teachers involved in creative arts and media programmes for pupils 14+ whether they are learning in schools, adult and community education or colleges. Open University Press, March 2011 |
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Visual Texts, written by Paul Grover, explores the complex, demanding and highly rewarding area of visual texts. Making meaning from motion pictures, television, multimedia, graphics and design requires specific skills. Visual Texts uses case studies, examples and guided activities to help students engage with the world of visual texts in a structured and coordinated way. | |||
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Language Through Film | ||
Chapter 5: Storytelling (1.7Mb)
Technologies of Representation and New Media: text selection Sample teaching program (132 Kb) Technologies of Representation and New Media: Case study |
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Chapter 4: Production (1.8Mb)
Sample teaching program (71 Kb) Narrative: Case study |
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Reading for Media Literacy | |||
Reading The Visuals In The Middle Years | |||
Teaching Viewing and Visual Texts (Primary) | |||
Persuasive Language in Media Texts Iris Breuer & Melanie Napthine, Insight Publications, 2014 |
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Studying Media Texts | |||
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UK (see many BFI text selections here; more from Routledge)
Teaching Film (bfi education) | |
Teaching Television (bfi education) | |
(Auteur) also available Classroom Resources |
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(Auteur) also available Classroom Resources |