Essential Questions for Miss Representation:
1. What are the different types of media?
2. What is the role of the federal government, if any, in regulating the media and the Internet?
3. To what extent does the media communicate and teach individuals ideas?
4. To what extent can gender stereotypes be harmful for children?
5. What impact does the media have on a female’s ability to see herself as a leader and obtain a leadership position?
6. How do behind-the-scenes decisions affect the way gender is represented in media and impact our culture?
7. To what extent should we protect the most vulnerable members of our society from the negative sides of advertising?
8. How can individuals influence positive change in the media?
2. What is the role of the federal government, if any, in regulating the media and the Internet?
3. To what extent does the media communicate and teach individuals ideas?
4. To what extent can gender stereotypes be harmful for children?
5. What impact does the media have on a female’s ability to see herself as a leader and obtain a leadership position?
6. How do behind-the-scenes decisions affect the way gender is represented in media and impact our culture?
7. To what extent should we protect the most vulnerable members of our society from the negative sides of advertising?
8. How can individuals influence positive change in the media?
Thursday and Friday, January 10-11Use cinematic features to make supported inferences and draw conclusions.
Judge the effectiveness of the focus, argument, structure and style of a film Identify, explain, and support with specific examples from a film. #4 FAMOUS WOMEN: Read and summarize the biographies of at least two famous women on the website of the National Women’s History Museum OR Read through and summarize at least two of the on-line women’s history exhibits. Opening Scene: What is the effect of the montage that juxtaposes photographs of famous women & objectified women & credits? Is this an effective opening? Susan B. Anthony – Paris Hilton – credits—Eleanor Roosevelt—bimbo shot—Rosa Parks—reality TV show fighters—Shirley Chisholm—Gloria Steinem—Sandra Day O’Connor—Nancy Pelosi—Hillary Clinton-- Respond to this famous quote: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any” –Alice Walker How do these statistics of teenage media consumption compare to you individually?
With digitally altered photographs and images, men and women are measuring themselves against an impossible standard. What do we do with that? While women make up 51% of population, they only make up less than 20% in Congress. What is Title IX? Respond to this quote: “You can’t be what you can’t see.” —Marian Wright Edelman Why are the majority of female characters on TV in their 20s and 30s? How has the rise of punditry and focus only on the bottom line, confused fact and opinion? |
Monday and Tuesday, January 14-15Create, edit, publish, upload, and e-mail me the link to a Demonstration Film with all of the techniques highlighted in the "Demo Film" assignment.
This is due on Thursday at the beginning of the hour. Wednesday and Thursday, January 16-17Watch and discuss Miss Representation.
#5 MISS REPRESENTATION: Write a well-reasoned and detailed response to each one of the essential questions for this movie. Friday, January 18The Final Exam Documentary Movie Project and Timeline . . .
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