Sox Sperry, LookSharp's primary curriculum writer, led participants on a participatory exploration of high school lessons covering media representations of U.S. presidential elections from 1800-2008. The media and lessons were drawn from the popular Presidential Campaigns curriculum kit, which is available free from our website.
The webinar offers high school educators and teachers-in-training pedagogical techniques and free curriculum materials to support a deeper understanding of how to use a wide variety of media forms across the historical spectrum - media from 19th century portraits, songs and handbills, to 21st century websites, twitter and email - to study historical context and to question their credibility. The presenter also focuses on the Key Concepts for Media Analysis. Participants have access to handouts and other tools to integrate media literacy into their curriculum design.
