Grade 8 Language: World of Media

Learning Activity 1

Screen Time – A new model for a kid-friendly internet, Antica Productions Ltd, URL: https://www.tvo.org/podcasts/screen-time/a-new-model-for-a-kid-friendly-internet, Published undefined, Accessed 23/07/2024.

The Law Should Not Require Parental Consent for All Minors to Access Social Media, Jason Kelley, Electronic Frontier Foundation, URL: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/law-should-not-require-parental-consent-all-minors-access-social-media, Published 12/05/2023, Accessed 23/07/2024. Granted under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States (CC BY 3.0 US) License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/.

Social Media Gets Teens Hooked While Feeding Aggression And Impulsivity, And Researchers Think They Know Why, Amina Zafar, CBC/Radio-Canada, URL: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/smartphone-brain-nov14-1.7029406, Published 16/11/2023, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Learning Activity 2

Wacky Word Songs – Privacy Please!, 9117-3112 Québec Inc, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/wacky-media-songs/videos/privacy-please, Published 03/05/2022, Accessed 11/07/2024.

Learning Activity 3

Disinformation can cause harm, Communications Security Establishment Canada, Government of Canada, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5V0yap77yg, Published 22/01/2024, Accessed 19/07/2024. © His Majesty the King in Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Communications Security Establishment Canada, 2024.

Coffee Time Manager Going To Pretend That All The Spiderwebs Are Halloween Decorations, Rob Ito, The Beaverton, URL: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2022/10/coffee-time-manager-going-to-pretend-that-all-the-spiderwebs-are-halloween-decorations/, Published 27/10/2022, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Wacky Word Songs – Won't Be Fooled Again!, 9117-3112 Québec Inc, URL: https://www.tvokids.com/school-age/wacky-songs/videos/wont-be-fooled-again, Published 29/11/2022, Accessed 10/07/2024.

Learning Activity 5

Progression - A Digital Story, Nick Damato, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOsMn22xroo, Published 02/12/2012, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Learning Activity 6

Joe Biden Sworn In As 46th President Of The United States At U.S. Capitol Inauguration Ceremony, Rob Carr / Staff/Getty Images News/Getty Images

Poet Amanda Gorman reads 'The Hill We Climb', ABC News, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wz4YuEvJ3y4, Published 20/01/2021, Accessed 23/07/2024.

[The Hill We Climb transcript], Amanda Gorman, URL: https://thehill.com/homenews/news/535052-read-transcript-of-amanda-gormans-inaugural-poem/, Published 20/01/2021, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Hair Love poster, Matthew A. Cherry Entertainment LLC, URL: https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film704754.html, Published 2019, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Excerpt from Hair Love, Directors: Matthew A. Cherry, Everett Downing Jr, Bruce W. Smith, Sony Pictures Animation, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28, Published 2019, Accessed 23/07/2024.

We Accept, Airbnb, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yetFk7QoSck, Published 05/02/2017, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Global Green USA Honors Bishop Desmond Tutu, Performing Artist Prince Ea And Others At 19th Annual Millennium Awards, Rachel Murray / Stringer/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Dear Future Generations: Sorry (2024), Prince Ea, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRLJscAlk1M, Published 20/04/2015, Accessed 23/07/2024.

Coca-Cola Poetry Campaign, Coca-Cola, URL: https://hypebeast.com/2021/5/coca-colas-new-summer-poems-packaging-info, Published undefined, Accessed 23/07/2024.

A teenage African-American girl with shoulder-length hair engrossed in a book, her mind captured by the words on the pages, while comfortably clad in a grey sweatshirt, seated at a dining room table, Daniel Ingelhart/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images

Dear Future Generations: Sorry, Prince Ea, URL: https://genius.com/Prince-ea-dear-future-generations-sorry-lyrics, Published 2016, Accessed 23/07/2024.