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Media literacy is an important PSHE topic within secondary schools because it equips young people with the skills to understand and critically analyse the role of media (both traditional and digital) in their lives, influencing their perspectives, behaviours, and even their participation in society. It helps young people identify bias, misinformation, and manipulative tactics, enabling them to make informed decisions to keep themselves happy and safe.Covering topics including privacy, cyberbullying, fear of missing out and extremism, this textbook:• Offers easy-to-follow lesson plans and tutor plans for secondary PSHE teachers, including non-specialists• Recommends ways to empower pupils to keep themselves safe and happy online• Supports maintaining mental wellbeing when engaging in various forms of mediaThis practical guide shares clear and easy step-by-step approaches to teaching media literacy in a secondary classroom. Following a spiral curriculum, it equips teachers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to support their pupils in engaging responsibly with both traditional and digital media.

Media literacy is an important PSHE topic within secondary schools because it equips young people with the skills to understand and critically analyse the role of media (both traditional and digital) in their lives, influencing their perspectives, behaviours, and even their participation in society. It helps young people identify bias, misinformation, and manipulative tactics, enabling them to make informed decisions to keep themselves happy and safe.Covering topics including privacy, cyberbullying, fear of missing out and extremism, this textbook:• Offers easy-to-follow lesson plans and tutor plans for secondary PSHE teachers, including non-specialists• Recommends ways to empower pupils to keep themselves safe and happy online• Supports maintaining mental wellbeing when engaging in various forms of mediaThis practical guide shares clear and easy step-by-step approaches to teaching media literacy in a secondary classroom. Following a spiral curriculum, it equips teachers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to support their pupils in engaging responsibly with both traditional and digital media.

Pick up and teach the Explore PSE course with ease, whether you are a specialist or non-specialist PSE teacher.> Save time planning: A mini lesson plan outlining the learning outcomes, assessment opportunities and links to CfE Experiences & Outcomes is included for each lesson/series of lessons in the Student Book> Feel confident teaching PSE: Step-by-step teaching notes explain how to run the Student Book activities and facilitate classroom discussions> Deliver a consistent PSE curriculum: No matter how PSE is taught in your school, following the guidance in this Teacher Book will enable all staff to provide a high-quality learning experience for all students

Syllabus: CfE (Curriculum for Excellence, from Education Scotland) and SQALevel: BGE S1-3 (Second, Third and Fourth Levels), National 4 and National 5Subject: PSE (Health and Wellbeing)Empower Scotland's young people to feel prepared for the opportunities and challenges of adult life.Exploring topics such as mental health, sex, identity, community and planning for your future, this book develops students' life skills, knowledge and resilience as they learn about themselves and others.> Create a supportive environment where sensitive issues can be discussed confidently and constructively, using the book to provide stimulus material and structure> Follow an active learning approach with starter activities to get students thinking, visual sources and written extracts to encourage conversations, and hundreds of activities for individual, pair and group work> Monitor students' progress through learning outcomes for each lesson/series of lessons and numerous activities that create opportunities for assessment for learning and evidence of achievement> Suit your students and your timetable, with topics that can be covered in any order and double-page spreads that can be delivered across one or two lessons> Rest assured that all content in the book is linked to the CfE Benchmarks and Experiences & Outcomes for Health and Wellbeing: Personal and Social Education, as well as the GIFREC and SHANARRI principles

Develop your students' skills and understanding of PSHE and encourage an active learning approach, all whilst providing essential coverage of the 2020 statutory guidelines.The flexible design of this KS3 student book is compatible with whichever way your school delivers PSHE. User-friendly for both experienced PSHE Leads and for non-specialist teachers, it is packed full lesson outcomes and starter sections, as well as lot of activities students can get involved in.- Provide the right level of knowledge and understanding of PSHE education students need with this KS3 Student Book that has topic suitability for this age range- Learning outcomes at the start of every lesson, along with a short activity to introduce students to the topic and get them thinking provides an easy way in to every lesson - Source-based activities support an activity-based learning scheme that is accessible to students of all abilities