Grades 4-8. The clips of legacy audiovisual documents related to voter education serve as primary sources that can be viewed, analyzed, and discussed in a classroom setting to help students build media literacy skills. The corresponding video provides a guided learning experience.

Archival Education
Voter Education Audiovisual Media Literacy Guide
June 1, 2019
By: Marissa Vassari and Brent Phillips

By:
Brent Phillips
Brent Phillips is the Audiovisual Archivist at the Rockefeller Archive Center. He is a graduate of the L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation, with research interests in the performing arts, cinema history, and the preservation of endangered languages.
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Voter Education: Audiovisual Media Literacy Video and Classroom Guide
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