In this module, you will learn ways of formulating your own media studies curriculum as integrated into language arts, social studies, or second languages/cultures curriculum based on interpretive strategies and critical approaches. All of this involves adopting an interdisciplinary approach to organizing the curriculum, in which you are combining language arts, social studies, science, math, or second languages with media studies/art.

In doing so, you may want to examine curriculum developed by others, curriculum, syllabi, and units available from the following sites:

Interdisciplinary lesson plans [ by author and title]

The Educators' Network [ free sign up / units from different disciplines ]

Teach with Movies [ ways of integrating movies into the curriculum ]

Introduction to Media Studies [ course at University of Texas ]

ScreenSite [ lots of college syllabi ]

New Mexico Media Literacy Project

The Media Literacy On-Line Project

Media Education Foundation

Center for Media Literacy

Media Literacy Clearinghouse

Media Channel

Media Knowledge

The Connecticut Media Literacy Project

Media Working Group

Media Awareness Network

The Media and Communication Studies Page

Project Look Sharp

Module 12: Word document

Drawing on Existing Media Studies Curriculum

Studying Film Adaptations of Literature and Theater

Different Modes of Adaptation

Interpretive Strategies for Organizing Curriculum

Comparing Differences in Experience of Different Reading and Viewing Modes

Defining Narrative Development

Interpreting Characters’ Actions, Beliefs, Agendas, Goals

Contextualizing Texts in Terms of Cultural and Historical Worlds

Defining Intertextual / Hypertextual Connections Between Texts

Adopting Alternative Voices and Discourses

Judging Quality of Literary and Media Texts

Designing Units

Techniques for Developing Units

Evaluation and Assessment of Learning

References

Ideas for Integrating Media into English/Literature Instruction