INQUIRY FRAMEWORK
The Discernment Protocol
Six lenses, from Position to Engagement, that move learners beyond passive reaction toward reasoned judgment. Aligned with global media literacy standards, the protocol pairs SIMA Academy’s storytelling with structured pedagogy to foster the critical attention necessary for navigating today’s complex media landscape.
INQUIRY MODEL
The Journalist: Media Literacy 101
Set up a classroom newsroom. Compare articles, op-eds, and editorials, check the facts, then write your own about a SIMA film.
INQUIRY MODEL
The Narrator: Media Literacy 102
Watch a film with the sound off. Narrate it as an ad agency, a nonprofit, and a newsroom, and see how purpose changes meaning.
INQUIRY MODEL + CREATIVE LAB
The Researcher: Voices from the Community
Interviews are acts of trust. Learn to listen with care, interview your community about an issue raised in a SIMA film, and turn what you hear into an audio or video interview series that drives action.
IMPACT LAB
SDG Changemaker Challenge: Impact Campaign
Bridging the gap between storytelling and civic engagement, the SIMA SDG Changemaker Challenge invites you to analyze global challenges through film, identify scalable solutions, and develop an actionable impact campaign. Join a global network of learners and organizers working to address the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For individuals or teams.
CREATIVE LAB
The Artist: Creative Civic Expression
Turn a community issue into an installation or performance, then write the artist’s statement behind it.
IMPACT LAB
The Climate Advocate: Unplastify
Audit your own plastic use, discuss a film from the Unplastify collection, and design a plan to cut single-use plastic at school.
IMPACT LAB
The Entrepreneur: Purpose-Driven Business
Compare social business models, design a purpose-driven enterprise, and pitch it to the room.
INQUIRY MODEL
The Listener: Better Conversations
Created with Doha Debates. Practice listening across difference, then map the system behind a complex issue.
CREATIVE LAB
The VR/360 Producer
360° media captures the world in every direction at once: up, down, and all around. Viewers stand inside the scene. Students watch SIMA’s 360 films, then plan, shoot, and share a 360° story about an issue in their own community.
