CurriculumGrades K-2Visual & Performing Arts

Media Arts: looking at & talking about media

Aligned to NCAS:Re — National Core Arts Standards.

What this lesson teaches

Videos, games, and pictures are all made by people who made choices. When you watch, you can ask who made this and why. You can also tell the difference between things that are real and things that are pretend.

Worked example

While watching a cartoon, point out that real cats cannot talk, so the talking cat is pretend, and someone drew it to make you laugh.

Practice questions

  1. Who do you think made the show you are watching?
  2. Is a talking animal in a cartoon real or pretend?
  3. What is an ad trying to get you to do?

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Every lesson comes with a video taught in English and Spanish — the same video the QR code in the printed workbook opens.

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En español

Artes Mediáticas: observar y comentar los medios de comunicación

Los videos, los juegos y las imágenes los hacen personas que tomaron decisiones. Cuando los ves, puedes preguntarte quién lo hizo y para qué. También puedes distinguir entre lo que es real y lo que es de mentira.

Ejemplo: Mientras ves un caricatura, señala que los gatos de verdad no pueden hablar, así que el gato que habla es de mentira y alguien lo dibujó para hacerte reír.

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