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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  
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

Lesson Plan

45 mins.

What You'll Need

Classroom resources

Take-home resources

  • Family Activity
  • Family Tips
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Lesson last updated: August 2022