ACME Vermont’s mission for media education is to both affect the statewide education standard to bring media literacy and media responsibility education to all educators and schools throughout Vermont. Find below our the recent Vermont Media Education Standards we have recomended to the Vermont State Legislature.
Also, please use the curriculum links below to access lesson plans for the appropriate grade levels of your group of students or educators.
ACME Vermont is always looking for educational resources and lesson plans to post on-line. Please e-mail Jess Wilson if you have some to share.
Elementary Curriculum
Middle School Curriculum
High School Curriculum
College curriculum
Vermont Standards
Educational standards that support Media Literacy curriculum are found throughout the Vermont’s Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities. Here are just a few that have been identified as relating directly to media literacy education:
Communication Standards
1.11 Writing: Persuasive Writing
1.14 Listening: Critique
1.18 Information Technology: Research
1.20 Information Technology: Communication of Data
Reasoning and Problem Solving Standards
2.13 Abstract and Creative Thinking: Product/Service
Personal Development Standards
3.7 Making Decisions: Informed Decisions
3.9 Making Decisions: Environment
3.10 Relationships: Teamwork
3.13 Relationships: Roles and Responsibilities
Civic/Social Responsibility Standards
4.4 Human Diversity: Effects of Prejudice
4.5 Change: Continuity and Change
Fields of Knowledge
Arts, Language, and Literature Standards
5.14 Literature and Media: Responding to Media
5.15 Literature and Media: Design and Production
History and Social Studies Standards
6.2 Critical Evaluation: Uses of Evidence and Data
6.3 Critical Evaluation: Analyzing Knowledge
6.12 Citizenship: Institutional Access
6.13 Citizenship: Human Rights
6.17 Economics: Impact of Economic Systems
6.24 Identity and Interdependence: Identity Construction
Science, Mathematics, and Technology Standards
7.16 Design and Technology: Natural Resources
