Media contain value messages.
Skills Discussing, Representing, Reflecting Preparation and Materials Read background information sheet Responding to Media Violence . Prepare classroom Sports Chart . They offer the teacher opportunities for early diagnostic assessment of students' viewing habits, of their social experience related to sports, their personal confidence in selfexpression, and their grasp of media vocabulary and concepts. The Lesson Discussing and Representing Ask students what sports, if any, they like, and which ones they watch on television. In a simple graphing activity, have children line up behind the cut-out for their personal favourite.