HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM
iSpeakMedia’s curriculum is designed for learning spaces where education is really about education (including home environments and community settings).
Lessons concentrate on secondary grade levels, with student-centered, project-based, inquiry-oriented instruction. Activities are designed for the transfer of critical thinking skills into home, community, and cultural contexts.
We're nurturing a discipline of healthy habits that stay with our students for a lifetime.
GRADE 9
Core:
Self-Exploration
32 lessons
examining media’s role and impact in our lives & shaping our identities
GRADE 10
Identity Analysis + Construction
13 lessons
expanding discussions of impact and influence in context of identity construction
GRADE 11
Power
Factors
17 lessons
deconstructing the power and political economy of media
GRADE 12
Futures
13 lessons
supporting youth-led media-centric solutions for systems of injustice
SUMMER LEARNING 1: SELF LAB
5-day program for high students that opens up media’s influence on self-perceptions, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors. We identify and explore how relationships with media impact our identities.
SUMMER LEARNING 2: BEHIND the SCREENS INTENSIVE
3-week interactive exploration of media-related careers with a strong emphasis on the technology-based workforce.
SUMMER LEARNING 3: CREATORS’ CAMP
6-week comprehensive, educational and supportive program for the young adult who may be considering a career in the content creation or entertainment media industry.
COMMUNITY EDUCATION
iSpeakMedia’s C’viant Community Building Framework is a resource for those invested in raising, parenting, teaching, supporting, mentoring, and/or guiding young humans within our media-saturated culture.
This 9-session interactive, small group experience introduces media literacy lifestyle concepts with real-life implementation in mind.
C’viant’s small group design is inspired by research and recovery support group models, intended to spark meaningful conversations and real-life connections as participants learn with and from each other.
C’viant gatherings create safe spaces for us to assess media's influence on our wellbeing.