Articles

Chris Sperry and Sox Sperry, "Media Construction of Presidential Campaigns," Social Education, November/December 2007
A study of select campaign posters, cartoons, and ads teaches students to critically analyze messages from media source and to understand the role media have played throughout the history of American elections.

Chris Sperry, "Seeking Truth in the Social Studies Classroom: Media Literacy, Critical Thinking and Teaching about the Middle East," Social Education, January/February 2006
Students are bombarded daily with a torrent of media messages, many of them with historical content. By selecting the right media documents for decoding, teachers can teach core content while guiding students to think critcally about these messages.

Cyndy Scheibe, "A Deeper Sense of Literacy," American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 48 No. 1, September 2004
Basic principles and best practices for using a curriculum-driven approach are described, with specific examples from social studies, English/Language arts, math, science, health, and art, along with methods of assessment used to address effectiveness in the classroom.