The Curriculum Advisory Group

The Civic Media Literacy Curriculum Advisory Group is open to all CPS teachers and librarians who work with students in grades 6-12. We are especially seeking librarians, social science teachers, and literacy teachers who already incorporate media literacy into their instruction.

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In response to the need for critical media literacy education in our media-dominant, disinformation-rich world, the Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement is creating the CPS Civic Media Literacy Modules. This curriculum is designed to introduce foundational ideas, anchor concepts, and decoding strategies that students can use throughout the school year, in any course, to practice and reinforce critical media literacy skills. We believe that such knowledge and skills are imperative in order for all students to become more powerful participants in their communities and our democracy.

The Civic Media Literacy Curriculum Advisory Group will be made up of classroom teachers and school librarians from across Chicago Public Schools. The purpose of the group is twofold: 1) to review and provide feedback on drafts of a CPS Civic Media Literacy curriculum as it is developed by the Department of Social Science and Civic Engagement; 2) to pilot lessons/modules from the curriculum with students and provide suggestions for revision and improvement.