GCED Media & Information Literacy LPs

Empower future voters in Malaysia through English language learning with the knowledge and skills to combat misinformation and disinformation during elections! Our Global Citizenship Education lesson plans on Media & Information Literacy will equip them with the tools they need to make informed decisions. Let's build a better democracy together! Get lesson plans here - tiny.cc/mil_esl

(The materials are developed based on UNESCO APCEIU's GCED course entitled 'Teaching Media & Information Literacy to Prevent Hate Speech' conducted by Mr. Fabrice Teicher)

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Project-based learning: Envisioning a sustainable city/town (SDG 11)

The driving question: How do you envision your town/city to be more sustainable? *Before starting the project, identify an organization or a group of individuals who can provide feedback on your students' PBL product. Write a formal letter endorsed by your principal inviting them to partner with your school. Objectives: 1. Enhance students' vocabulary (less common lexis) on the theme of 'environment' 2. Produce community solutions in the context of sustainable city/town planning English language proficiency level: Intermediate to Advanced Stage 1: Introduction to sustainable city/town planning (Period of implementation: 1 - 1 and a half hour) 1. Show a video on 'sustainable city planning' to students on Youtube (Listening activity) a) Show them this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViJIJh-BNq8 b) Distribute this handout to them. They watch and listen while filling out the handout. Play the video twice. Check for...

Social media, misinformation, and government regulation

*Based on Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah - Tajuk: Persahabatan Merentasi Sempadan This is a lesson plan aligned with Form 4 Chapter 1 : Let's Chat. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to: 1. Define the term 'misinformation', 'disinformation' and 'malinformation'. 2. Write down their thoughts about the article. 2. Discuss about the pros and cons of government regulation on social media. Activities: 1. Show a video on ‘Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation'. 2. Ask students to choose the correct definition of the terms - ( download powerpoint slides ) 3. Teacher distributes the newspaper article: Teo Nie Ching: Communications Ministry to focus on addressing misinformation on social media (advanced classes), (low intermediate version) 4. Students read the article for 5-10 minutes. 5. Ask students ‘what’s going on?’ & ‘what do you see, hear or read?’ and write their answers on post-it notes and ...

What is civic engagement? (Listening activity)

*Based on 'Manual Kesedaran Sivik Sekolah Menengah' - Tajuk: Sistem Demokrasi Note: This lesson can be a continuation for '2022 Johor state election: Johor youth decides' lesson or it can be a stand-alone lesson Objective : 1) Fill in the handout with listening cloze based on the video. Materials : Handout (student's copy) , video , handout (teacher's copy) Pre-lesson: 1. Teacher asks students what they were taught about the election (refreshing on the 2022 Johor state election: Johor youth decides lesson) OR 1. Teacher asks the students what do they know about 'elections' or 'civic engagement' 2. Teacher distributes the cut-up pieces of paper and asks the students to write ‘what do they know about it and ‘what do they want to know about it’ 3. For 'want', prompt them to use 5W1H to form questions 4. Paste the papers on the KWL chart on the board. 5. Teacher reads through the responses and picks out ones that are rel...

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