K-12  Textbooks/Multimedia with elements of media literacy
(See also texts from Canada, Australia and UK listed below)


 
         MediaSmart DVD-ROM         
Prentice Hall MediaStudio        Glencoe's Writer's Choice (2009)     McDougal Littell              
Media Analysis Guides
(Spring 2010)                  
      each grade edition includes                 Media Smart (DVD)          McDougal Littell Literature, Grade 12
                                         
chapter on viewing and representing         companion to textbook


                                            
MediaZone                      Media Literacy & Communication Skills     Media Focus                        Visual Messages
Elements of Language:      (Grades 2, 5, 8) Elements of Language    Understanding the Media        Integrating Imagery Into
Holt Rinehart and Winston  (Holt, Rinehart, Winston)                      Creating Media                     Instruction


Higher Education

   Approaches to Media Literacy: A Handbook  Intro to Media Literacy by Lori Moses (2008, 
Paperback)
 
 

 Canada

 Literacy in Action
 See the DVD that supports the grade 7-8 texts
        Canadian Reading B, Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 2
Canadian Reading C
Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 3
Canadian Reading D
Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 4
Canadian Reading E
Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 5
Canadian Reading F
Integrating Media Literacy, Writing, Social Studies, and Visual Arts Grade 6
Tree House Press

Media Texts

Click on individual books for details

 

Nelson Literacy 8 (Global Citizens)
Media Literacy Integrated into Every Unit
In Nelson Literacy students are introduced to the characteristics of a different media form and learn strategies for analyzing and evaluating overt and implicit messages, identifying audience and purpose, and using media conventions and techniques.

 

Literature & Media 9, Literature & Media 10, Literature & Media 11
 

Mass Media And Popular Culture


Australia  (full list of texts here)

Mediacvr

not a textbook, but a study design document, very valuable

This book offers guidance and ideas on how to make creative arts and media teaching relevant, stimulating and above all creative. The book responds to the economic and cultural changes in society in the 21st century and the needs of learners growing up in a sophisticated digital and competitive world. "Creative Arts and Media 14+" provides fresh teaching approaches in order to motivate and develop learners' knowledge and skills. May and Warr outline key concepts and ideas in the creative arts and media world, as well as how these ideas are recorded and transmitted. They distinguish between different pedagogic approaches and techniques and explore their application within creative arts and media learning. The book draws on different types of resources, including those outside the classroom that can enhance your delivery of theoretical concepts. The authors acknowledge the changing nature of qualifications and suggest suitable strategies for the delivery and assessment of creative arts and media programmes. "Creative Arts and Media 14+" supports trainee and experienced teachers involved in creative arts and media programmes for pupils 14+ whether they are learning in schools, adult and community education or colleges.
Open University Press, March 2011

Visual Texts

Visual Texts, written by Paul Grover, explores the complex, demanding and highly rewarding area of visual texts. Making meaning from motion pictures, television, multimedia, graphics and design requires specific skills. Visual Texts uses case studies, examples and guided activities to help students engage with the world of visual texts in a structured and coordinated way.

             

Language Through Film

Chapter 5: Storytelling (1.7Mb)

Technologies of Representation and New Media: text selection

Sample teaching program (132 Kb)


Technologies of Representation and New Media: Case study
Storytelling: Case study

Australian media organisations: Case study

Chapter 4: Production (1.8Mb)

Narrative: text selection

Sample teaching program (71 Kb)


Narrative: Case study
Media influence: Case study
Social values: Case Study – Aliens
Production: Case Study – Media skills

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Reading for Media Literacy

Reading The Visuals In The Middle Years

Teaching Viewing and Visual Texts (Primary)

9781921088766

Persuasive Language in Media Texts
Iris Breuer
& Melanie Napthine, Insight Publications, July 2008, 152pp

Insight Issues – Studying Media Texts

Studying Media Texts

UK   (see many BFI text selections here; more from Routledge)

Teaching Film (bfi education)

Teaching Television (bfi education)

Film and Television Textual Analysis, A Teacher's Guide (Auteur)
also available
Classroom Resources

Narrative in Film and TV: A Teacher's Guide (Auteur)
also available 
Classroom Resources