UK Lesson Plan
My Media Choices (UK)
What makes a healthy media choice?
Age
9–10Time
45 mins.
Objectives
- Learn the "What? When? How Much?" framework for describing their media choices.
- Use this framework and their emotional responses to evaluate how healthy different types of media choices are.
- Begin to develop their own definition of a healthy media balance.
Vocabulary
media .
media balance .
media choices
media – the books, TV shows, video games, apps, and other ways we get information and entertainment
media balance – using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)
media choices – time spent watching, listening to, reading or creating media
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What You’ll Need
In Class
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Video: My Media Balance
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My Media Choices Tracker
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