Introduction / Elizabeth Marshall and Özlem Sensoy -- Part 1: Study the relationship among corporations, youth, and schooling. Moving beyond media literacy / Rethinking Schools Editors ; Why I said no to Coca-Cola / John Sheehan ; Coping with TV : some lesson ideas / Bob Peterson ; Seventeen, self-image, and stereotypes / Bakari Chavanu ; Rethinking MySpace / Antero Garcia ; Six, going on sixteen / Geralyn Bywater Mclaughlin ; Bonfire of the Disney princesses / Barbara Ehrenreich ; Sweatshop accounting / Larry Steele ; My year with Nike / Rachel Cloues -- Part 2: Critique how popular culture and media frame historical events and actors. The politics of children's literature : what's wrong with the Rosa Parks myth / Herbert Kohl ; Once upon a genocide : Columbus in children's literature / Bill Bigelow ; The truth about Helen Keller / Ruth Shagoury ; Why I'm not thankful for Thanksgiving / Michael Dorris ; Mulan's mixed messages / Chyng Feng Sun ; A Barbie-doll Pocahontas / Cornel Pewewardy ; Fiction posing as truth / Debbie Reese et al. ; 'Save the Muslim girl!' / Özlem Sensoy and Elizabeth Marshall ; Marketing American girlhood / Elizabeth Marshall -- Part 3: Examine race, class, gender, sexuality, and social histories in popular culture and media. Girls, worms, and body image / Kate Lyman ; Math and media : students use math to track media bias / Bob Peterson ; Human beings are not mascots / Barbara Munson ; Race : some teachable -- and uncomfortable -- moments / Heidi Tolentino ; Seventh graders and sexism / Lisa Espinosa ; Rethinking Agatha Christie / Sudie Hofmann ; School days : hail, hail, rock 'n' roll / Rick Mitchell ; Deconstructing Barbie : math and popular culture / Swapna Mukhopadhyay ; Unlearning the myths that bind us : critiquing fairy tales and cartoons / Linda Christensen ; Looking pretty, waiting for the prince / Lila Johnson ; Looking for the girls / Andrea Brown-Thirston ; Miles of aisles of sexism / Sudie Hofmann -- Part 4: View and analyze representations of teachers, youth, and schools. TV bullies : how Glee and anti-bullying programs miss the mark / Gerald Walton ; Kid nation / Ellen Goodman ; Freedom writers : white teacher to the rescue / Chela Delgado ; City teaching, beyond the stereotypes / Gregory Michie ; Sticking it to the man / Wayne Au ; More than just dance lessons / Terry Burant -- Part 5: Take action for a just society. Taking the offensive against offensive toys / Leonore Gordon ; Beyond pink and blue / Robin Cooley ; Taking action against Disney / Steven Friedman ; Why we banned Legos / Ann Pelo and Kendra Pelojoaquin ; 'Lego fascists' (that's us) vs. Fox News / Rethinking Schools Editors ; Tuning in to violence : students use math to analyze what TV is teaching them / Margot Pepper ; Examining media violence / Bakari Chavanu -- Part 6: Use popular culture and media to transgress. 'And ya don't stop' : using Hip Hop in the language arts classroom / Wayne Au ; Stenciling dissent : political graffiti engages students in the history of protest for social justice / Andrew Reed ; The murder of Sean Bell / Renée Watson ; Knock, knock : turning pain into power / Linda Christensen ; Haiku and Hiroshima / Wayne Au.