Media Construction of Peace

A Digital Media Literacy Curriculum

High School through College
This kit explores how the people in the United States have perceived antiwar movements over the past 170 years and how the U.S. media has constructed that public perception. Each unit includes three lessons, each one devoted to a different media form including visual images, film clips and song excerpts. The subject areas covered include U.S. history, African-American studies, labor studies, Latino studies, media studies, Native American studies, peace studies, sociology and women’s studies among many others.

All materials are classroom-ready, including: teacher guides, student handouts, overviews, and assessments.

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click title to view/close Unit 1: Introduction

Unit 1 Student Reading
Unit 1 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Working for Peace;Working for Justice

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: To Inspire - To Breathe Into

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Interview with Dr. King
  • On Civil Disobedience
  • The Brave Nation
  • Bomb the World

• Lesson 3: Why to War? How to Peace?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" (Audio)
  • Universal Soldier (Audio)
  • Work for Peace (Audio)
  • "Down By the Riverside" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 2: Wars of Manifest Destiny: Indian, Mexican and Spanish American Wars

Unit 2 Student Reading
Unit 2 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Questioning Manifest Destiny

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: Who's a Hero?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • The U.S. Mexican War
  • One Man's Hero
  • Crucible of Empire
  • Love and War

• Lesson 3: War and Glory

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • "Break the News to Mother" (Audio)
  • "These Things Shall Be" (Audio)
  • "With God On Our Side" (Audio)
  • "Buffalo Soldier" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 3: World War One

Unit 3 Student Reading
Unit 3 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Peace or Liberty

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: Portraits of War

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Sergeant York
  • Paths of Glory
  • The Big Parade
  • All Quiet on the Western Front

• Lesson 3: War on Whom?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • "I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier" (Audio)
  • "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" (Audio)
  • "My Dream of The Big Parade" (Audio)
  • "Hanging on the Old Barbed Wire" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 4: World War Two

Unit 4 Student Reading
Unit 4 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: For Peace or Against Oppression?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: To Kill or Not to Kill?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Surfing for Life
  • The War
  • The Conscientious Objector
  • The Good War…

• Lesson 3: Hiroshima/Nagasaki Legacy

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • "When The Atom Bomb Fell" (Audio)
  • "I Come and Stand at Every Door" (Audio)
  • "Hiroshima Mon Amour" (Audio)
  • "Grey Victory" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 5: The Cold War

Unit 5 Student Reading
Unit 5 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Small Groups of Committed People

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: The Case of Nuclear War

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Atomic Cafe'
  • Atomic Alert
  • Dr. Strangelove
  • The Day After

• Lesson 3: Nuclear Blues

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheets
  • "Let Me Die in My Footsteps" (Audio)
  • "So Long Mom" (Audio)
  • "Brighter than a Thousand Suns" (Audio)
  • "The Atom" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 6: Vietnam War

Unit 6 Student Reading
Unit 6 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Peace is the Way

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: Which Way to Peace?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Ali
  • Camden
  • Sir, No Sir!
  • Born on the Fourth of July

• Lesson 3: Why Oppose War?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheets
  • "Handsome Johnny" (Audio)
  • "War!" (Audio)
  • "Last Train to Nuremberg" (Audio)
  • "No More Genocide in my Name" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 7: Central American Wars

Unit 7 Student Reading
Unit 7 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Friend or Foe?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: Together in a Time of War

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Pictures from a Revolution
  • Labor of Love
  • Harvest of Peace
  • Faces of War

• Lesson 3: Making Friends with the Enemy

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheets
  • "Dulio, Cleo, Sonia" (Audio)
  • "Nicaragua Nights" (Audio)
  • "Nicaragua" (Audio)
  • "Lives in the Balance" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

click title to view/close Unit 8: Iraq War

Unit 8 Student Reading
Unit 8 Asssessment



• Lesson 1: Dissent or Treason?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • PowerPoint Slideshow

• Lesson 2: After War Begins

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheet
  • Weapons of Mass Deception
  • Stop-Loss
  • The Ground Truth
  • Arlington West

• Lesson 3: What's the Problem? How Do We Fix It?

  

  • Teacher's Guide
  • Student Worksheets
  • "It's About Oil" (Audio)
  • "Twenty" (Audio)
  • "Mosh (Audio)
  • "America First" (Audio)
• Videos available for larger projection via our Youtube Channel.

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