K-12  Textbooks/Multimedia with elements of media literacy
(See also texts from Canada, Australia and UK listed below)


           MediaSmart DVD-ROM         
Prentice Hall Media Studio   Glencoe's Writer's Choice (2009)    McDougal Littel              
Media Analysis Guides
(Spring 2010)                   each grade edition includes           Media Smart (DVD)          McDougal Littell Literature, Grade 12
                                     chapter on viewing and representing


                                            
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

   Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook  Intro to Media Literacy by Lori Moses (2008, 
Paperback)
 
 

 Canada

 Literacy in Action
 See the DVD that supports the grade 7-8 texts
        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
Tree House Press

Media Texts

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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
 

Mass Media And Popular Culture


Australia  (full list of texts here)

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
Storytelling: Case study

Australian media organisations: Case study

Chapter 4: Production (1.8Mb)

Narrative: text selection

Sample teaching program (71 Kb)


Narrative: Case study
Media influence: Case study
Social values: Case Study – Aliens
Production: Case Study – Media skills

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Reading for Media Literacy

Reading The Visuals In The Middle Years

Teaching Viewing and Visual Texts (Primary)

9781921088766

Persuasive Language in Media Texts
Iris Breuer
& Melanie Napthine, Insight Publications, July 2008, 152pp

Insight Issues – Studying Media Texts

Studying Media Texts

UK   (see many BFI text selections here; more from Routledge)

Film and Television Textual Analysis, A Teacher's Guide (Auteur)
also available
Classroom Resources

Narrative in Film and TV: A Teacher's Guide (Auteur)
also available 
Classroom Resources