SKILLS AND PROCESSES OF SOCIAL STUDIES

• gather information from a variety of sources
   
• identify alternative perspectives on a selected event or issue

Lessons

Introducing the Internet: Exploring the Internet 
 
Looking at Newspapers: Introduction 
 
Newspaper Ads 

Packaging Tricks
 
Junk Food Jungle

How to Analyze the News

TV Stereotypes

The Constructed World of TV Families

Teaching TV: Television as a Story Teller

Teaching TV: Learning With Television

News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum

Advertising All Around Us

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising - Lesson 1: Messages About Drinking

Privacy Playground


Special MNet Initiatives

CyberSense and Nonsense: The Second Adventure of the Three CyberPigs

Student Tutorial (Licensed Resource)

Passport to the Internet: Student tutorial for Internet literacy (Grades 4-8)

Teachable Moments

Hurricane Katrina and Celebrities 
  
Hurricane Katrina and News Media 
 
Hurricane Katrina and the "Two-Photo Controversy" 
 
Hurricane Katrina and the Internet 
 
A Tale of Two Cities 
 
Photographic Truth in the Digital Era

Pop Music Reaches Way Way Down

Christmas Commercialism

CITIZENSHIP LEARNING

It is expected that students will:

• Demonstrate fairness and respect in their interactions with others

Lessons

Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity

POWER AND AUTHORITY

It is expected that students will:

• demonstrate willingness to take on leadership roles and responsibilities
• respect the rights of others when using personal power or authority
• demonstrate willingness to take on leadership roles and responsibilities
• respect the rights of others when using personal power or authority

Lessons

Introduction to Cyberbullying: Avatars and Identity