Download or read book Visual Messages written by David M. Considine and published by Libraries Unlimited. This book was released on 1999-04-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Connect the curriculum of the classroom with the curriculum of the living room! This new edition of Considine and Haley's pioneering work helps you institute and maintain a viable program in visual (or media) literacy. Fascinating background information on the visual literacy movement is followed by dozens of effective strategies and classroom activities that are ready to implement, plus lists of resources for further exploration. The activities span the curriculum and teach your students the critical-viewing and media literacy skills they need in our media-oriented world. All activities are coded by grade level and curriculum area. This is a vital resource for an emerging area of study.