MLK & Media Literacy (New Educational Resource)

[Frank W. Baker]

Project Look Sharp announces its newest media literacy kit, Media Constructions of Martin Luther King, Jr. Here's the link to the curriculum materials, which includes 11 short video clips available through YouTube. Here's the full description:
Title: Media Constructions of Martin Luther King Jr.
Audience: Middle School through College.
Description: The kit, designed for high school English and social studies classes, includes
video clips, slides, print handouts, readings and teacher guides for 4 lessons that explore the ways in which King and his legacy have been portrayed in various media forms. The first lesson follows a chronology of King’s life through interactive decoding of rich media documents (comic books, billboards, songs, music videos, etc.). Lesson 2 uses excerpts of King speeches from 1963, 1967 and 1968 to examine his views on social change. Lesson 3 explores the portrayal of King in magazine covers, advertisements, web sites, film clips and monuments. Lesson 4 uses letters to the editor about celebrating King to explore challenges to change

[Katina Papson]

This is fantastic, especially the curriculum related to this video link. I hope to adapt it and use it on Friday with a group of youth in a San Francisco County Court School. Thank you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeqPXkbtBSs