Lesson 1 intro to media worksheet
- 1. Lauren O’Hare Lesson 1 Title: What is Media Studies? Key Words Media Studies Media areas L/O’s: By the end of the lesson: All Must – research, understand key media concepts (main tasks) Most will – analyse key concepts (extension 1) Some will- evaluate key concepts (extension 2) Main Task 1 - Answer the following questions 1. What is media studies? Write a short definition. Media studies is the study of different ways to communicate with large amounts of people using technology. 2. Write down between three and five different ‘media areas’. Television, Newspaper and magazines, Radio, Music and film are five different media areas. 3. Write down the four expectations for Media Studies lessons To follow the Academy’s rules and expectations, monitors must be off when not in use, you must be silent and listening when the teacher is talking and put in maximum effort at all times in lessons are the four expectations.
- 2. Main Task 2 Research the history of the following media areas and record 3 key facts in the boxes below (e.g. date invented or first used, key people/organizations, important advances). The first one has been done for you… TV 1. First British TV broadcast: 1932 2. First broadcasts made by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 3. Early Television Broadcasting technology was developed by scottish engineer, John Logie Baird Radio 1. The first radio signal was in 1895 2. The signal was the letter ‘s’. 3. The first broadcast was in 1910. Internet Key Media Areas 1. The internet became fully public in 1992. 2. Tim Berners-Lee is the inventor of the internet. 3. Scientists and government were the first to use the internet Newspaper 1. The first newspaper published was in Boston in 1690. 2. The Sun newspaper has the most readers in the UK. 3. The first continuously published English newspaper was the Weekly News, published from 1622 to 1641.
- 3. Plenary: Self-evaluation Progress Bar: - Circle your effort level for today’s lesson. 1 2 3 4 5 WWW: I researched well and did most of my work and quietly. EBI: My research would have been faster and more precise if more websites were working on the computer. Progress Bar: The effort level your teacher has marked you for today’s lesson. 1 2 3 4 5