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 * Lesson on Disseminating of Social Values in Family Television Shows**


 * Purpose:** The purpose of this lesson is to engage students in the evaluation of social values that are being presented through the medium of family television shows.


 * Objectives: SWBAT:**
 * 1) Identify the ways in which media disseminates social values through family television shows.
 * 2) To evaluate whether the values presented in the television show, //Modern Family//, are being challenged or supported by the television show.


 * Lesson Plan Part One: Overt Instruction**

The teacher will have a class discussion on the social values presented in family television shows. The way the teacher will start the discussion is by asking the students, “What makes a family television show?” As the students give responses, the teacher will make a list on the board of the students’ responses. The teacher will praise the students for the list and began the lesson by explaining to the students that today we will focus on social values that are being spread by family television shows. The teacher will give the students a list of words (with definition) to identify values that the students will come across today. The terms are:
 * 1) Traditional
 * 2) Dominant
 * 3) Emerging
 * 4) Alternative
 * 5) Oppositional

The teacher will ask the students to write down the terms and definition into their notes for future reference. As the students are taking notes, the teacher will take the list of words and turn them into different categories on the board. The teacher will then ask the students to point out all of the values that they listed off of the, “What makes a family television show?” list. The teacher will circle the values as the students point the values out. The teacher will then take each value and ask the students to place it into one of the categories of terms listed on the board. This labeling will allow the students to practice labeling social values before we watch the television show, //Modern Family//.


 * Lesson Plan Part Two: Situated Practice and Critical Framing**

Once the students are done labeling the social values on the board based off the terms introduced, the teacher will divide the students into six groups. The teacher will hand each group one social value. A list of the social values is below:
 * 1) A family consists of having children
 * 2) One working parent and one stay-at-home parent
 * 3) There is an age of maturity to watch certain movies
 * 4) Average size of a family
 * 5) Concept of the traditional mother/father/son/daughter family
 * 6) Rock bands containing young members

The teacher will tell the students that they are going to watch an episode of a family television show called //Modern Family//. While watching the show, the teacher will tell the students to identify the scene or scenes in which their value is shown. Once the students have had a chance to watch the television show, the students will get together in their groups to answer the following questions:
 * 1) Is your value being supported by the television show or is your value being challenged by the television show? Support your answer with information from the episode.
 * 2) If your value is being supported by the television episode why do you think the makers of the television show would support your value? If your value is being challenged by the television show why do you think the makers of the television show would challenge your value?
 * 3) Is your value a traditional, dominant, emerging, alternative, or an oppositional value?
 * 4) Why do you think your value is being presented in this television show? (Think about who watches family television shows and who is the television show made for) In other words, are television shows ways for the media to present what society’s values are? If so explain, if not explain.


 * Formative Assessment:** As the students work in their groups the teacher will go around and take note of each group’s progress. The teacher will look at certain questions to make sure the students are answering them correctly. If any group seems confused the teacher will come by and address the situation. If many groups are confused the teacher will call the class into attention to address the situation.

Once the groups are done the teacher will have a representative from each group to stand and share their findings with the class. Once every group has shared the teacher will end class with a statement on how social values come up in television shows all the time. The teacher will have the students review the terms learned today and apply them to some social values that they can come up with on their own.

LA.910.6.2.2: The student will organize, synthesize, analyze, and evaluate the validity and reliability of information from multiple sources (including primary and secondary sources) to draw conclusions using a variety of techniques, and correctly use standardized citations;
 * Sunshine State Standards:**

LA.910.5.2.1: The student will select and use appropriate listening strategies according to the intended purpose (e.g., solving problems, interpreting and evaluating the techniques and intent of a presentation);

LA.910.2.2.3: The student will organize information to show understanding or relationships among facts, ideas, and events (e.g., representing key points within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing, comparing, contrasting, or outlining);