Lesson: A Day in the Life of the Jos: Game Analysis and Design
In this lesson, students apply what they have learned about game design to analyze A Day in the Life of the Jos, then design their own digital citizenship game.
Grade range: 7-8
Teacher Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/analyzing-the-jos/
Student Material: https://pressbooks.pub/mediasmarts/chapter/analysing-the-jos/
Time Frame
| One class period (75 minutes) | Two or three class periods (150-225 minutes) | |
| Activities |
Analyzing the Jos |
Analyzing the Jos Making a Digital Citizenship Game
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Preparation:
- Make sure that you are able to show the embedded videos or that students are able to access the links.
- Make sure that students are able to access the interactive activities.
Learning Outcomes
Big ideas/key concepts: Students will understand that…
Media have social and political implications:
- Media can be used to teach skills, concepts and content
Each medium has a unique aesthetic form:
- Games communicate through specific features such as rules, experiences, and choices
Digital media experiences are shaped by the tools we use
- Digital games can commuicate meaning through the experience of playing them, including constraints on action
Key questions:
- How does A Day in the Life of the Jos function as an educational game?
- How can games be used to teach digital citizenship skills, concepts and content?
Essential knowledge: Students will know…
- Reading media: Application of game elements
- Making and remixing: Making games for educational purposes
Performance tasks: Students will be able to…
- Use: Make a game design
- Understand: Analyze a game’s design
- Engage: Select digital citizenship learning goals to incorporate into their games
Curriculum Connections
Strand A: Literacy Connections and Applications
A2. Digital Media Literacy
A2.1 Digital Citizenship
evaluate and explain their rights and responsibilities when interacting online with appropriate permission, and make decisions that contribute positively to the development of their digital identity and those of their communities
A2.2 Online Safety, Well-Being, and Etiquette
conduct research, considering accuracy, credibility, and perspectives, with a focus on misinformation, disinformation, and curated information, to construct knowledge, create texts, and demonstrate learning, while respecting legal and ethical considerations
A2.5 Media, Audience, and Production
demonstrate an understanding of the interrelationships between the form, message, and context of texts, the intended and unintended audience, and the purpose for production
A2.6 Innovation and Design
communicate and collaborate with various communities in a safe, respectful, responsible, and inclusive manner when using online platforms and environments, including digital and media tools, and demonstrate and model cultural awareness with members of the community
A3. Applications, Connections and Contributions
A3.1 Cross-Curricular and Integrated Learning
analyze and explain how the knowledge and skills developed in this course support learning in various subject areas and in everyday life, and describe how they enhance understanding and communication
C1: Knowledge about Texts
C1.1 Using Foundational Knowledge and Skills to Comprehend Texts
read and comprehend various complex texts, using knowledge of words, grammar, cohesive ties, sentence structures, and background knowledge
C1.2 Text Forms and Genres
Grade 7: analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning
Grade 8: analyze and compare the characteristics of various text forms and genres, including cultural text forms, and provide evidence to explain how they help communicate meaning
C1.4 Visual Elements of Texts
Grade 7: analyze how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts
Grade 8: evaluate how images, graphics, and visual design create, communicate, and contribute to meaning in a variety of texts
Grade 8: summarize and synthesize the important ideas and supporting details in complex texts, and draw effective conclusions
C3 Critical Thinking in Literacy
C3.3 Analyzing Texts
analyze complex texts, including literary and informational texts, by evaluating, synthesizing, and sequencing relevant information and formulating conclusions
Strand D: Composition (Expressing Ideas and Creating Texts)
D1 Developing Ideas and Organizing Content
D1.1 Purpose and Audience
Grade 7: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create, and analyze why the chosen text form, genre, and medium suit the purpose and audience, and how they will help communicate the intended meaning
Grade 8: identify the topic, purpose, and audience for various texts they plan to create; choose a text form, genre, and medium to suit the purpose and audience, and justify their choices
D1.2 Developing Ideas
generate and develop ideas and details about challenging topics, such as topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and to other subject areas, using a variety of strategies, and drawing on various resources, including their own lived experiences
D1.3 Research
gather and synthesize information and content relevant to a topic, using a variety of textual sources and appropriate strategies; evaluate the currency, quality, bias, and accuracy of information; verify the reliability of sources; and check copyright and cite the sources for all content created by others
D1.4 Organizing Content
classify and sequence ideas and collected information, selecting effective strategies and tools, and identify and organize relevant content, evaluating the choices of text form, genre, and medium, and considering alternatives
D2 Creating Texts
D2.1 Producing Drafts
Grade 7: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, expository, and informational texts, using a variety of media, tools, and strategies
Grade 8: draft complex texts of various forms and genres, including narrative, persuasive, expository, and informational texts, citing sources, and use a variety of appropriate media, tools, and strategies to transform information and communicate ideas