Skip to main content

Teaching Resources

Curriculum Materials

The Media Education Lab creates free multimedia curriculum materials to help learners of all ages advance knowledge, skills, and competencies.

Know TV

Know TV

Award-winning curriculum helps students critically analyze new forms of documentary television

Growing Up Online

Growing Up Online

Lesson plans for the Frontline film, "Growing Up Online" created by Renee Hobbs and Kelly Mendoza

Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation

Digital Workshops for the Digital Nation

Digital Workshops for parents and educators are part of Frontline's "Digital Nation."

Iranian Youth and Media Literacy

Iranian Youth and Media Literacy

Lesson plans explore issues of identity and representation in this youth media workshop for Iranian-American youth

Using Voice Thread for Media Literacy Education

Using Voice Thread for Media Literacy Education

Analyze and comment on media messages using Voice Thread!

Copyright And Fair Use Lesson Plans

Copyright And Fair Use Lesson Plans

Lesson plans and materials to help you teach about copyright and fair use 

Students Taking Action, Not Drugs (STAND)

Students Taking Action, Not Drugs (STAND)

This online curriculum includes nine lesson plans to help your students make public service announcements (PSAs) that can be aired or displayed to a large national audience.

TV Smarts for Kids

TV Smarts for Kids

TV Smarts is a set of three short videos designed to promote critical thinking about the media. 

Messages & Meanings

Messages & Meanings

Lesson plans for analyzing news media, developed by Renee Hobbs in coordination with the Newspaper Association of America

Elements of Language

Elements of Language

Elements of Language (Holt, Rinehart and Winston) is the first English language arts textbook to fully incorporate media literacy throughout the series for students in grades 6 -12.