Media Literacy Lesson Plan

Using Media Literacy in a performing arts class like music can be difficult for someone just starting out. However the more you dig into it, the more you will find that you can use. In this lesson plan you are shown how listening to albums like Paul Simon's Graceland can help students identify the music of other cultures based off of rhythm, speed, and what musical scale the song is using, and lyrics. This meets the ISTE.NETS standard 3. Research and Information Fluency giving students the ability to:

·         Plan strategies to guide inquiry

·         Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

·         Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks

·         Process data and report results