This outcome chart contains Media literacy learning expectations from the Alberta social studies curriculum, with links to supporting resources on the Media Awareness Network site.

Citizenship in Canada
The political processes are influenced by a variety of groups in the community Examine how television and other media are used to create images, communicate demands, disseminate policies and ideas Rights and responsibilities are associated with citizenship Examine rights (individual and collective) in Canadian society: human civil legal minority economic cultural language political	Lessons Cyber Bullying and Civic Participation Challenging Cyber bullying Making Media for Democratic Citizenship Backgrounders Cyber Bullying Cyber Bullying and the Law Fact Sheet Cyber Bullying Rights and Responsibilities: Backgrounder for Teachers Parents' Guide to Cyber Bullying
Political and Economic Systems
One can better understand Canadian politics and government by studying current affairs. Role of media in influencing individual/government decision-making processes.	Lessons that meet Social Studies 33  expectations Hoax? Scholarly Research? Personal Opinion?  You Decide! - Lesson You Be the Editor - Lesson Understanding Online Hate - Lesson Bias - Lesson The Resource Racket:  A Global Perspective on Resources and Consumption - Lesson Photographic Truth in the Digital Era - Teachable Moment Privacy in the Information Age - Lesson Bias in the News - Lesson Broadcasting Codes - Lesson Protest in Quebec City: Anticipating the Media Coverage - Teachable Moment Television Newscasts - Lesson The "BadAd" Essay Writing Contest - Teachable Moment The Front Page - Lesson The Privacy Dilemma Fact Versus Opinion - Lesson Free Speech Versus the Internet - Lesson How to Analyze the News - Lesson Individuality vs. Conformity - Lesson
Process Skills
Students will be expected to develop the ability to: analyze information to detect bias, propaganda or opinion