This course provides students with the tools necessary to navigate today’s complex media environment. Designed with an inquiry-based approach at its core, the class uses multimedia to practice skills of observation, critical thinking, analysis, perspective-taking, and production. Students are encouraged to demonstrate their understanding of concepts by creating their own media, addressing conflicting information that comes from different sources, clarifying distinctions between fact and opinion in various types of media, determining the credibility of sources, and verifying the trustworthiness of news reports. Media Literacy is a required semester-long course that is taken in addition to the year-long seventh grade humanities course, and it is intended to foster meaningful connections across disciplines and to students’ daily lives.