Assessment/General materials

This page can be used to upload and display any examples of assessment or general planning.

Course Documents

The Media Studies course at Dunblane High School is offered at Int2 and Higher level. The general course outline is below, although the types of texts studied varies (I think this year I am going to look at a documentary for non-fiction instead of advertising).


Prelim papers



The Key Concepts - resources

The following powerpoints are used at Dunblane High School for the first 6 weeks of the course, to introduce each of the key concepts. The powerpoint files contain notes, activities and sample analysis tasks. At the end of the 6 weeks, pupils complete the key concepts test to test their knowledge and understanding.








Fiction - The Truman Show

Resources for using "The Truman Show" as part of the Media Analysis: Fiction unit





In addition, when completed with these, and viewing the film a couple of times, pupils are put into groups and given one concept (Categories, Language, Narrative, Representation, Audience or Institutions) to research in relation to the film. Each group make a presentation to the rest of the class using powerpoint, film, posters, etc. It works well :)

Non-Fiction - Supersize Me

Resources for using "Supersize Me" as part of the Media Analysis: Non-Fiction unit