This lesson plan helps high school students (and adults) take a closer look at prejudices, the biases that media contain and perpetuate (such as in what they do and don’t report on, or how particular genders or ethnicities are portrayed), and the ways we are influenced by those media biases.
Recommended for grades 9 and up.
Time: One week of 45-minute class periods
Common Core Standards for this activity (pdf):
Download Common Core for grades 9-12.
Find out how some of our other activities connect to Common Core Standards (pdf):
IHE activities for Common Core for grades K-2.
IHE activities for Common Core for grades 3-5.
IHE activities for Common Core for grades 6-8 for Language Arts, for Math, for Science, for Social Studies.
IHE activities for Common Core for grades 9-12 for Language Arts, for Math, for Science, for Social Studies.
