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Media Awareness
Social, Personal and Health Education (SPHE) · 4th Class · Myself and the Wider World: Active Citizenship · 3.º Período

Media Awareness

This topic introduces media literacy, helping students understand the purpose of advertising. They learn to critically evaluate the messages they see in various media.

NCCA Curriculum SpecificationsSPHE: Myself and the wider world - Media educationSPHE: Myself and the wider world - Developing citizenship (National, European and wider communities)

About This Topic

This topic introduces media literacy, helping students understand the purpose of advertising. They learn to critically evaluate the messages they see in various media.

Key Questions

  1. What is the purpose of an advertisement?
  2. How do adverts try to persuade us?
  3. Can we believe everything we see on the internet?