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toc =So what is Critical Literacy anyway?= Although there are several versions of critical literacy, each underpinned by different theoretical perspectives, all of them involve an active, challenging approach to reading and textual practices. Critical literacy involves the analysis and critique of the relationships among texts, language, power, social groups and social practices. It shows us ways of looking at written, visual, spoken, multimedia and performance texts to question and challenge the attitudes, values and beliefs that lie beneath the surface.
 * [|About English - Critical Literacy]**-This website is a core resource for teachers of English working with the Essential Learnings Framework and English syllabuses in Tasmania.
 * [|CHAPTER 1: WHAT IS CRITICAL LITERACY]**-Journal for Pedagogy, Pluralism & Practice
 * [|Critical literacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]**
 * [|Critical Literacy in Practice Podcast]**

-The notion of Global Citizenship prompts fundamental questions such as: how should we live together? who should decide this? how are we connected to people we do not know? what are our responsibilities in relation to one another? -This website presents educational agendas, tools and initiatives that promote the development of critical literacy in global citizenship education. [|Cultural Studies Strikes Back: Media Literacy as Critical Pedagogy, Doug Kellner and Richard Kahn]- Good for the concept in the banner...
 * [|Critical Literacy in Global Citizenship Education]** -Critical literacy is an educational practice that prompts teachers and learners to examine the connections between language, power and knowledge, to transform relationships and to reason and act responsibly.

[|Media research]
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**Card games:**
[|Pokemon] [|Yu-gi-oh!] [|Pokemoncrater.com] This is an active game site [|neopets.com] This is an active game site [|Make Your Own Character Trading Cards Online]

**Television**:
[|CRETV - The Center for Research on the Effects of Television] [|Sponge Bob] [|Nickelodeon]

**Graphic Novels**

 * [|From Wikipedia] and from an [|American Library Association Review]**

[|Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Critical Evaluation Surveys and Resources] [|Developing Critical Literacy Skills for the Internet] [| Stardolls.com] This is an active game site