Students will work in small groups to define television content descriptors for different age groups and compare those definitions to the established television rating system. Students will then develop, distribute and analyze a survey related to these media topics. Students then support their opinions on the art exhibit in letters to people involved directly in this situation who hold opposing opinions to their own. In this lesson, students evaluate and debate whether movies, television shows, and other mass media cause violent behavior in children and whether books are the same as or different from these other media in their potential for causing violent behavior in children. Students will participate in a round-table discussion regarding the regulation of different media that can contain violent content, and then students interview both adults and children in order to compare their views on these issues.
Books Are Violent, Too.
In this lesson, students understand how various issues regarding restrictions on the Internet are impacted by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. Students will participate in a round-table discussion of these issues, as well as develop, distribute, and analyze the results of a survey about Internet regulations and the applications of the First Amendment in our increasingly technological society. This is a timely and interesting activity for senior high school students. It provides government students with a study and the experience with the fundamental right of freedom of expression as guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. The purpose of this activity is to provide students with the insight into the complexities of protecting the individuals right of expression.