Curriculum - U.S. Media Literacy Week

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Resource Rodeo: Classroom-Ready Media Literacy for Grades 6-12

Looking for new ways to bring media literacy into your classroom? Join us during U.S. Media Literacy Week 2026 for a fast-paced virtual Resource Rodeo where six leading education organizations each share one of their favorite classroom-ready resources for grades 6-12.

You’ll explore lessons and activities across subject areas—including civics, ELA, and history—that integrate media literacy practice to help students build critical thinking, communication, and civic engagement skills.

Whether you teach ELA, social studies, science, or another subject, you’ll leave with practical, adaptable resources you can put to work right away.

You’ll explore resources from:
Digital Inquiry Group, Facing History & Ourselves, KQED, National Writing Project, NAMLE, and PBS LearningMedia.

2025 Media Literacy Resource Showcase

As part of U.S. Media Literacy Week, NAMLE is curating a showcase of classroom-ready, research-informed resources that demonstrate how media literacy can be meaningfully embedded across academic subjects. This year’s Resource Showcase will highlight scalable, standards-aligned tools and strategies that support the integration of cross-curricular media literacy—whether in English, science, social studies, math, health, foreign language, or library settings.

Selected resources will be featured as on-demand demos during Media Literacy Week 2025, with a focus on helping educators across the country implement media literacy with confidence and coherence.

Want to Attend the Showcase?
Register for Media Literacy Week and get full access to all events and resources. Registration is free and open now!

Virtual Film Festival

During Media Literacy Week, Women Make Movies and the Media Education Foundation are excited to partner to bring you a selection of films that take a critical look at media images, messages, and the corporate systems that produce them.

These films will be available to watch throughout the week. Register using the link below and additional information about accessing the full films will be sent during Media Literacy Week!

Truth, Reason and Critical Thinking: Resources for Integrating Media Analysis for Grades 5-12

Project Look Sharp’s Director of Curriculum and Staff Development, Chris Sperry, will give an overview of free resources – including hundreds of lessons – for teaching about sourcing, accuracy and bias in media messages. Project Look Sharp’s Constructivist Media Decoding approach integrates inquiry-based, student-centered, curriculum-driven media analysis for teaching core subject area content and habits of questioning.