visual literacy

Burger King scary clown tease.Shutterstock stock / Youtube / Burger King   Understanding the Language of Fear and Suspense through Scary Clown Commercials by Greta Smelko, Literary [...]

AML is once more pleased to offer new Grade 11 Visual Arts curriculum from Director Irene Faiz, a Visual Arts teacher at Weston C.I. in Toronto (TDSB). Here is an example of how media literacy [...]

This month’s newsletter features some very thoughtful blogs and articles from AML executive, as well as a wonderful set of activities from Irene Faiz, our Visual Arts teacher from Weston [...]

Pop sonnets, Grinches and more…our first newsletter of 2024 is a goldmine of classroom resources! Click here to read.

* AML is proud to offer the first in a series of media literacy lesson plans. Many of these will integrate ML across the curriculum. This one is situated in Grade Nine English (Ontario), and [...]

In a 2019 post on the AML website, https://aml.ca/barrys-wander-2019-a-personal-reflection/, Carol Arcus described her experience participating in a “Barry’s Wander”. A [...]

 An Inquiry into an American Icon* by Carol Arcus, Neil Andersen, and Michelle Solomon “I want to do the imagining, not be just the idea” (Barbie) The 2023/2024 school year has begun [...]

September/October 2023 Newsletter brings a fantastic set of Barbie lessons, based on the new blockbuster. Also exciting news of our Parts 1, 2, 3 AQs starting Oct 12th!. And much more …. [...]

Irene Faiz offers two new lessons that incorporate content and concepts across several curricula at several levels (Intermediate through Grade 12). They have been designed for Grade 10 Art. We [...]

  Our end of school year news includes our new AQs,  inspiration for cross-curricular Fall lessons, a new podcast, and more. Click here for our May/June Newsletter.