1st Edition
Media Literacy Practical Support for Teaching and Learning with Pupils Aged 11-18
About the Author
The PSHE Toolkit Series
1. What is media literacy?
2. Media literacy in schools
3. PSHE in UK Secondary Schools
4. Using the PSHE Toolkit Media Lesson Plans
4i: The Class Agreement
4ii: Safeguarding
4iii: Dealing with Sensitive Topics
4iv: Showing videos
4v: Signposting
4vi: Pairs and Groups
4vii: Facilitating Role Plays
4viii: Using Scenarios
4ix: Class Debates
4x: Scaffolding and Modelling
4xi: Presentations
4xii: Assessments
5. How to use the session plans
Tutor session plans for KS3:
- Screen time vs Green time
- My online presence
- Who is the cyberbully?
- Bystander or Upstander?
- Creating a cyberbully free zone
- Self-care
Tutor session plans for KS4:
- Body image
- Who are you?
- Real or fake?
- Caring and sharing
- Keeping it private
- Time to seek help?
Tutor session plans for KS5:
- Being media savvy
- Who influences me?
- Keeping an open mind
- The real me
- My best side?
- Future Me
6. Active Learning
7. Critical thinking
8. Metacognition
The lesson plans and accompanying worksheets for KS3:
KS3 (1) Media and Me (Media and Me 1, 2, 3, 4)
KS3 (2) The right message (The right message 1, 2)
KS3 (3) Managing privacy (Managing privacy 1)
KS3 (4) Finding information (Finding information 1, 2, 3)
KS3 (5) Dealing with cyberbullying (Dealing with cyberbullying 1, 2)
KS3 (6) Reporting (Reporting 1)
The lesson plans and accompanying worksheets for KS4:
KS4 (1) Influence (Influence 1)
KS4 (2) Resilience (Resilience 1, 2, 3)
KS4 (3) Consumer media (Consumer media 1)
KS4 (4) Sharing sexual images (Sharing sexual images 1)
KS4 (5) Making choices (Making choices 1, 2)
KS4 (6) Helplines (Helplines 1)
The lesson plans and accompanying worksheets for KS5:
KS5 (1) Analysing content (Analysing content 1, 2)
KS5 (2) Resisting FOMO (Resisting FOMO 1, 2, 3, 4)
KS5 (3) Representation
KS5 (4) Stereotyping (Stereotyping 1, 2, 3)
KS5 (5) Challenging extremism
KS5 (6) All my own work (All my own work 1)
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Biography
Pauline Stirling has taught for over 30 years in schools both independent and state, primary and secondary schools, including as head of PSHE and Citizenship Studies. Pauline is passionate about PSHE, global education and outdoor learning. She is the author of various PSHE, Wellbeing and Humanities educational resources.






