Crash Course Media Literacy Complete Full Curriculum | 3 Weeks, 12 Episodes + Assessments

Teach the complete 12-episode Crash Course Media Literacy sequence as a coherent 3-week high-school curriculum. This Full Curriculum combines all 12 individual episode lesson ecosystems with a focused assessment and planning layer designed for grades 9-12.

Try it first: FREE Crash Course Media Literacy #1 lesson

Preview the complete course plan free: FREE Media Literacy Educator Planning Guide

Prefer episode lessons only? Crash Course Media Literacy #1-#12 Video Lesson Set

Course Architecture

• 3 weeks total
• 12 episode lessons - four per week
• 1 unit: Media Literacy: Meaning, Power & Responsible Participation
• W01 Weekly Assessment after Episodes #01-#04
• W02 Weekly Assessment after Episodes #05-#08
• U01 Unit Assessment after Episodes #09-#12, covering the complete #01-#12 course
• No separate W03 weekly assessment and no cumulative final

What's Included

• All 12 complete episode lesson ecosystems
• 12 Teacher Guides and answer keys
• 12 digital and print student worksheet/assessment sets
• 12 episode-level self-graded Google Forms quizzes and MC Quiz Print versions
• W01 Weekly Assessment bank: 12 vocabulary + 10 A/B + 30 MC
• W02 Weekly Assessment bank: 12 vocabulary + 10 A/B + 30 MC
• U01 Unit Assessment bank: 15 vocabulary + 12 A/B + 40 MC, covering #01-#12
• Educator Planning Guide
• Student Syllabus
• print/digital classroom support and flexible assessment-bank use
• START HERE shared-folder access PDF

3-Week Pacing

• Week 1: #01-#04 - Foundations of Media Literacy: Meaning, Access & the Mind - W01 on Day 5
• Week 2: #05-#08 - Media Influence, Money & Power - W02 on Day 5
• Week 3: #09-#12 - Rights, Verification & Future Literacies - U01 on Day 5

Flexible / Compressed Use

Use one episode per day for a standard 3-week sequence, or compress the curriculum into roughly 6-8 instructional days by teaching two episodes on selected days and assigning teacher-selected assessment-bank items. The U01 assessment can be split across meetings when needed.

Differentiation

Teachers can select fewer written-response or assessment-bank items while preserving the same core concepts, preview vocabulary, use replay/partner discussion, provide sentence frames, or choose print versus digital materials according to student needs.

Skills Addressed

• media construction, audience, purpose, representation, and interpretation
• media history, access, gatekeeping, and changing technology
• cognitive shortcuts, bias, persuasion, advertising, and tracking
• ownership, policy, privacy, copyright/fair use, and network power
• misinformation/disinformation, source evaluation, data, algorithms, and responsible participation

Episodes Included

• #1 Introduction to Media Literacy
• #2 History of Media Literacy, Part 1
• #3 History of Media Literacy, Part 2
• #4 Media & the Mind
• #5 Media & Money
• #6 Influence & Persuasion
• #7 Online Advertising
• #8 Media Ownership
• #9 Media Policy & You
• #10 The Dark(er) Side of Media
• #11 Media Skills
• #12 Future Literacies

New Optional Video Companion (used with YouTube)

Use the free Classroom Video Guide Companion Chrome extension to automatically pause YouTube at question timestamps and display prompts during viewing. This optional tool can make whole-class, small-group, and independent video lessons easier to facilitate, while every resource works normally without the extension.

FAQ

Does the Full Curriculum include the 12 episode lessons?
Yes. The Full Curriculum includes the complete 12-episode lesson set plus the curriculum assessment and planning files.

How many assessments are included?
Two weekly assessments and one culminating Unit 1 assessment. There is intentionally no separate cumulative final because this short course contains only one 3-week unit.

Are videos included?
No. Teachers and students access the public Crash Course videos separately.

Independent resource notice: Videos are not included. This educator-created resource is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or authorized by Crash Course, Complexly, YouTube, or related rights holders. Teachers and students access the publicly available videos separately.