From class activities to news articles, here is an evolving list of resources shared by teachers from across the state of Illinois. We are constantly updating this collection, and if you would like to share an artifact that you have used in your own classroom, write to us at imedia@illinois.edu.
You can access these resources by clicking on the links in the table, or downloading them from the list at the bottom of this page.
| Type of Resource | Resource | Submitted/Created By | Subject Taught |
| Activities & Assignments | Presentation on Rhetoric | Andrew Handley | English |
| Activities & Assignments | Digital Citizenship Curriculum | Brandon Thompson | Library |
| Activities & Assignments | Video Essay Creation Assignment | Briana Hendrickson | English |
| Activities & Assignments | Presentation on Digital Revolution and its Impact on Our Brain | Carol-Lynn Comparetto | Art |
| Activities & Assignments | The “3-2-1” Class Activity | Hannah Yeam | English |
| Activities & Assignments | All Sides Website Internet Troll and Disinformation Quiz Museum of the Moving Image Media Bias Assignment All Sides Media Bias Assignment | Melissa Schoeplein | Social Studies |
| Activities & Assignments | Assignment: Bias Questions News Article: Risk of Dying While Taking a Selfie News Article: Colin Kaepernick Had No Choice but to Kneel News Article: Colin Kaepernick Doesn’t Have a Clue About What ‘Sacrificing Everything’ Really Means | Mikel Matthews | English, Theatre |
| Activities & Assignments | Curriculum: Sophomore English – Media Literacy Unit | Shauna Oakwood | English |
| Activities & Assignments | President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation & Rhetorical Analysis Questions | Elizabeth A Sinclair | English |
| Activities & Assignments | Docket on Media Literacy | Laurie Hendrickson | English |
| Media Literacy Guides & Information | ALA Media Literacy Guide for Library Practitioners | Jessica Johnson | Library |
| Media Literacy Guides & Information | Noise vs. News | Alyssa | English |
| Media Literacy Guides & Information | Media Bias Chart | LaDonna Wilson | English |
| Media Literacy Guides & Information | News Literacy Project: Checkology | Rich Morton | Social Studies |
| News Articles, Books, & Videos | How to Lie with Statistics (Book) | Andy Wilson | History |
| News Articles, Books, & Videos | Comic | Andie Townhouse | Library |
| News Articles, Books, & Videos | How 25 Years of Photoshop Changed Our Perception of Reality | Jill Lagerstam | Art |
| News Articles, Books, & Videos | The Complicated Truth About China’s Social Credit System | Roberta Bennett | Art |
Citations & links to original resources:
Handley, A. (2021). Rhetoric and Media Lessons. PDF.
Common Sense Education. (2022). Digital Citizenship Curriculum. https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/curriculum
Hendrickson, B. (2022). Video Essay. PDF.
Comparetto, C. (2022). The Digital Revolution’s Impacts on Our Brain. PDF.
Yeam, H. (2022). The 3-2-1 Class Activity. PDF.
AllSides.Com. (2022). Unbiased Balanced News. https://www.allsides.com/unbiased-balanced-news
Clemson University Media Forensics Hub. (2022). Spot The Troll. https://spotthetroll.org
Museum of the Moving Image. (2022). The Living Room Candidate. http://www.livingroomcandidate.org
Schoeplein, M. (2022). Media Bias Assignment. PDF.
Schoeplein, M. (2022). All Sides Media Bias Assignment. PDF.
Matthews, M. (2022). Bias Questions Assignment. PDF.
Nationwide News. (2015, September 23). You are now at more risk of dying while taking a selfie than being killed by a shark. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/wtf/you-are-now-at-more-risk-of-dying-while-taking-a-selfie-than-being-killed-by-a-shark/news-story/b1aefd98649cf82c3c962c6ff20913d0.
McWhorter, J. (2016, September 22). Colin Kaepernick Had No Choice but to Kneel. https://time.com/4504014/colin-kaepernick-kneel/.
McHenry, Britt. (2018, September 4). Colin Kaepernick doesn’t have a clue about what ‘sacrificing everything’ really means. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/colin-kaepernick-doesnt-have-a-clue-about-what-sacrificing-everything-really-means.
Sinclair, E.A. (2022). President George W. Bush’s Address to the Nation & Rhetorical Analysis Questions. PDF.
Oakwood, S. (2022). Sophomore English – Media Literacy Unit Curriculum and Scope and Sequence. PDF.
Hendrickson, L. (2022). Media Literacy. PDF.
American Library Association. (2020, November). Media Literacy in the Library: A Guide for Library Practitioners. PDF.
Illinois Valley Community College. (2022). Noise vs News: What’s Your Source? https://libguides.ivcc.edu/noisevsnews.
Ad Fontes Media. (2022). Static Media Bias Chart. https://adfontesmedia.com/static-mbc/
The News Literacy Project. (2022). Checkology. https://get.checkology.org.
Huff, D. (1954). How to Lie With Statistics. W. W. Norton & Company. https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393310726/about-the-book/reviews.
Inman, M. (2020). Believe. The Oatmeal. https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe.
Brändlin, A. (2015, February 27). The Impact of Photoshop. DW. https://www.dw.com/en/how-25-years-of-photoshop-changed-our-perception-of-reality/a-18284410.
Kobie, N. (2019, July 6). The Complicated Truth About China’s Social Credit System. Wired UK. https://www.wired.co.uk/article/china-social-credit-system-explained.