Media Literacy

Prerequisite:  This class is for 10th - 12th graders only. Media Literacy can not be used in lieu of required English courses. 

This class aims to turn us all into critical thinkers and expert communicators. It makes text analysis and communication skills immediately relevant by offering practical tools for responsibly navigating the ideas we encounter every day in news media and online articles, social media posts, and conversations with people in our lives. Students will be challenged not to shut down when faced with a complex landscape of bias and (mis)information, but to actively seek out truth and to maintain a curious and open mind. 

Potential text to use: What the Fact?! - Dr. Seema Yasmin