FREE online webinar
Offered by:
Kelsey Greene
Project Look Sharp
607-274-3471
looksharp@ithaca.edu
Ithaca College
1119 Williams Hall
Ithaca, NY 14850-7290
(607) 274-3471
Sox Sperry, Project Look Sharp’s primary curriculum writer, will lead participants on a participatory exploration of high school lessons covering media representations of U.S. presidential elections from 1800-2008. The media and lessons will be drawn from the popular Presidential Campaigns curriculum kit, which is available free online at projectlooksharp.org.
The webinar will offer high school educators and teachers-in-training pedagogical techniques and free curriculum materials to support a deeper understanding of how to use a wide variety of media forms across the historical spectrum - media from 19th century portraits, songs and handbills, to 21st century websites, twitter and email - to study historical context and to question their credibility. The presenter will also focus on the Key Concepts for Media Analysis. Participants will leave with handouts and other tools to integrate media literacy into their curriculum design.