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Challenge your students to look at the 20th century through the eyes of media witnesses & commentators

lesson 1


Social media satire

What does this skit say about how much do eye witness /man-on the street accounts matter?

In contast, look at these eye witness accounts - what is the difference?

lesson 2


Canada and the Cold War: The Gouzenko Affair

Media Resources

Complete lesson plan: In this unit of 7 lessons, students will learn, appreciate, and assess the significance of the Gouzenko affair, the first event of the Cold War. Using primary-source documents from the collection of Library and Archives Canada, students will apply methods of historical inquiry to better understand the defection of Igor Gouzenko and subsequent related events.

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lesson 3

History Twelve: International press conferences set in 1939 (just before WWII) for government leaders who represent Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini), Russia (Stalin) and The United States (Roosevelt).

HOW TO WRITE AN ENGAGING NEWS ARTICLE - WITH BIAS!

MODELS - CHECK OUT THESE EXAMPLES OF

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lesson 4

o teach thinking, one must uncover and “see” thinking. Students need models and examples of historical reading, questioning, and thinking: teachers need to scaffold instruction to support and elicit sophisticated thinking.

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Historical Thinking Matters is a website focused on key topics in U.S. history, that is designed to teach students how to critically read primary sources and how to critique and construct historical narratives.

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lesson 5

Look at 20th century Canada through an ethnic lens

Multgif Engage students by having them research their own families ( or cultural heritage) within the ethnic presses.

The Multicultural Canada digitization project grew from..a..conviction that the cultural groups that make up our country have little-known stories that need to be researched and told. Through newspapers, interviews, photographs, print and material culture people tell us who they are. The project is led by Lynn Copeland, Simon Fraser University.

Media Studies Deconstruction help:

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lesson 6

Create a social media campaign

1in10: A case study in social media campaigning

1in10: A case study in social media campaigning

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RESOURCE

The War for Men's Minds:

This black-and-white newsreel from the Second World War describes the war on the information and propaganda fronts and the hopes for a future founded on cooperation. Part of the World in Action series.