My Media Choices (UK)

What makes a healthy media choice?

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We all make choices every day about the media we consume and create. But do children understand what makes a media choice healthy or not? Hint: It's about more than just screen time. Use the activities in this lesson to give children a framework for making informed media choices.

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Learning Objectives:

Learn the "What? When? How Much?" framework for describing their media choices.
Use this framework and their emotional responses to evaluate how healthy different types of media choices are.
Begin to develop their own definition of a healthy media balance.

Key Vocabulary: media · media balance · media choices Show definitions

media:

all of the ways that large groups of people get and share information (TV, books, internet, newspapers, phones, etc.)

media balance:

using media in a way that feels healthy and in balance with other life activities (family, friends, school, hobbies, etc.)

media choices:

time spent watching, listening to, reading, or creating media

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My Media Choices Tracker

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Reflecting on My Media Handout

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Media Balance & Well-Being

My Media Choices (UK)

Lesson Plan

Warm-Up: How Media Can Make Us Feel

Explore: My Media Choices

Evaluate: Media Balance Reflection

Wrap-Up: What Is Media Balance?

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