Exploring media literacy with students -- Close reading and what it means for media literacy -- What's missing from that media message? -- Unraveling the messages in TV advertising -- Examining the political announcement -- Truth vs propaganda in political ads -- Media literacy week - a time to remember why media literacy is so important -- Teach students to analyze political debates -- Students need help detecting fake news -- Examining holiday toy ads -- Looking beyond the toy ads to a world saturated with marketing messages -- Engaging in the study of parody -- How big media influences the news we read -- Looking deeper into Super Bowl ads -- Being savvy about diet ad season -- Studying black history through the vision of Gordon Parks -- Civil Rights - how pictures changed America -- Learning from the Academy Awards -- Exploring the language of film -- Reading the symbols of costume design -- Comparing: history vs Hollywood - who gets the story right? -- Analyzing the media though docudramas -- How media appeals to our emotions -- Examining product placement -- Noticing the power of branding -- Understanding media messages in popular magazines -- Reading and interpreting iconic news images -- The role of celebrity in raising our awareness.