Lessons and Ideas

Using a Grade 10 English narrative unit as an example, Neil Andersen explores how teachers might use online tools to deliver a media-literacy-integrated approach to the English curriculum. [...]

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Congratulations to AML Director Chelsea Attwell on the publication of her innovative media literacy research in the Journal of Sustainability Education (May 4, 2020). This article outlines [...]

By Chelsea Attwell, Carol Arcus, Sarah Bayne and Diana Maliszewski In light of the Covid -19 pandemic many people are spending more time at home and engaging in various online and offline [...]

Feb. 9 I chose coronavirus as the central theme of the first weeks’ language studies for 2 grade 10 classes of adult (22+) learners at Scarborough Centre for Alternative Studies. I chose [...]

Special thanks to Ms. Keats for co-authoring this post. For many across Canada and North America, we are in the midst of a major shift because of a pandemic known as the novel coronavirus, or [...]

A group of us from the AML attended Ron Deibert’s talk at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, on November 9. Deibert is the Director of The Citizen Lab, an interdisciplinary laboratory based at [...]

It’s February, which means that traditionally in Canada and the United States, discussion arises around the acknowledgement and celebration of Black History Month. Educators may visit their [...]

Looking for a Secondary Lesson about ‘privilege’ as part of Black History Month? This essay by Scott Russell Sanders written in 1984 and published in The Milkweed Chronicle still [...]

February 9, 2020 was the broadcast of the 92nd Academy Awards. There are many ways to include the Academy Awards as part of your Elementary media lessons. Here are a pair of ideas that [...]