LESSON
Media: What's the Purpose?
Who creates the media we see, and why do they make it?
Students discover that people create media for three main reasons: to teach, entertain, or sell something. By sorting different examples and creating their own media, students learn to ask: Who made this, and why did they make it?
Objectives
- Identify the three main reasons why people create media: to teach, entertain, or sell
- Sort different media examples by their purpose
- Create media for a specific purpose
Vocabulary
Media
Media – the books, TV shows, video games, apps, and other ways we get information and entertainment
Image
Topics
Time
20 mins.
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