Secondary media studies resources

Double lesson focused on industries and context. Please subscribe for further lessons which will be added when planned.

Explore a range of political cartooning resources from the Museum of Australian Democracy. These resources assist students to understand more about political cartooning. All resources link to Australian Curriculum areas, including HASS, Civics and Citizenship, History, English, Visual arts or Media arts. Explore more here: https://moadoph.gov.au/learning/resources/political-cartooning/

This resource is designed to help students explore the wonderful world of political cartoons — what they are, what they show and why they’re an important part of our Australian democracy. The resource covers 8 topics/themes on political cartooning. Teachers and students are welcome to unpack all 8 topics in the order presented or alternatively, each topic independently. Each topic includes relevant political cartoon examples from the Museum of Australian Democracy’s previous Behind the Lines Political Cartoon Exhibitions. Questions are provided to help guide students through an understanding of the chosen topic/theme. Explore more here: https://moadoph.gov.au/learning/resources/political-cartooning/

Booklet summarising Marxist, neo-Marxist, pluralist, feminist and post-modernist views of media representation. A01 and A03 included good revision tool for students

Whole lessons for media representations of ethnicity, gender and social class. Interesting interactive links to trigger interesting discussions/ debates. I refer to Hodder Education OCR sociology textbook ( purple book 1) in some activities/slides Some theories could be very useful to media studies

Follows the new 9-1 specification for WJEC. 12 lessons introducing advertising and analysing set products- 'This Girl Can' ad campaign and the 'Quality Street' advert. Includes homework and creative tasks with exam skills practised throughout. The final task is to design their own advert which they do on paper then Photoshop, this can be adapted to allow just a paper production if necessary.

This lesson and resource bundle provides all that is needed to aid students in composing their own short magazines, on a subject/genre of their choice. Everything that is needed to teach the project is provided, including engaging lesson powerpoints, worksheets, model examples, and activities, and also comprehensive lesson plans for each stage. Each engaging and informative lesson aids students in learning about and then composing a different magazine page. Included are lessons on: - Choosing the Genre and Audience and Composing a Front Cover - Writing Agony Aunt/ Uncle Pages - Writing Feature Articles - Writing Reviews Throughout each lesson, students learn through defining techniques, identifying 'what a good one looks like' and analysing model examples, before using writing help-sheets and success criteria to design their own. All images are cited on the final slides of each PowerPoint.

This lesson enables students to plan and create their own interesting, detailed, and imaginative feature articles. Through analysing existing feature articles, and noting their features of subject matter, language, and structure, students create articles that are highly appropriate to the genre and audiences of different magazines. Over the course of their learning journey, students: - Define and exemplify what feature articles are; - Identify and understand the different language and subject matter elements are within feature articles; - Analyse the language techniques and structures used within a model example of a feature article; - Write their own imaginative and appropriate front covers; - Peer and self assess each other's front cover attempts. The resources include: -Visually engaging whole-lesson PowerPoint; -A colourful and clear helpsheet for writing to explain; -Template for planning feature articles; -Andy Murray feature article for analysis; -Helpful and comprehensive step-by-step lesson plan. All images are licensed for commercial use, and are cited on the final page of the slide. NOTE - Internet access is preferable for the planning task.

A SOW suitable for an entire term on the theoretical framework of Media Language. Differentiated throughout with all required resources, assessment materials and so on. Includes extension tasks and virtual learning resources. Also includes homework.

A SOW suitable for the GCSE Media theoretical framework introducing the key areas of media language. All differentiated and with extension tasks. This is just the SOW and assessment rubric - see bundle package for each lesson resources too. Suitable for AQA GCSE Media new Specification

A practical and evaluation task to assess students learning of media language throughout the term. Differentiated for a range of abilities. Suitable for the new AQA GCSE specification as a learning practical task.

An assessment and mark scheme to end the term of learning on the theoretical framework of media language. Suitable for the new AQA GCSE Media Specification. 2 Part assessment on print and moving image.