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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Rhetorical Landscape: Commercials and Advertisements

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on commercials and advertisements including demographics, targeted audiences, and the three audience appeals: ethos pathos, and logos. It provides links to an analyzing ads assignment with rubric, a demographics...
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Duke University

Duke University: Ad* Access

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and database information for more than 7,000 ads printed in U.S. and Canadian newspapers and magazines between 1911 and 1955. Five main subject areas: Radio, Television, Transportation, Beauty and Hygiene, and World War II.
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Other

Pde: Sas: Identifying and Understanding Use of Testimonials in Advertising

For Teachers 8th Standards
In this lesson, 8th graders analyze and compare the propaganda techniques used in informational texts, with a particular focus on the use of testimonials. Includes links to recommended resources, scaffolding suggestions, and an...
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Other

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth reports on the marketing practices of alcohol producers and on the dangers of underage drinking. Resources include an overview of alcohol marketing (also available in Spanish), examples of print...
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Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: June 8, 2007: Commercial Ice Cream Is First Sold in the u.s. In

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A great lesson for students to explore commercial advertising using Cass-Clay Museum Ads and ice cream. Great resource for teachers to get lesson plans about advertising.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Advertising Design Principles Project"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars will analyze a magazine advertisement and answer basic desktop publishing questions about this particular advertisement. Students will present their advertisement and analysis to the class. Before designing projects of...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Advertising: Can You Put It All Together?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will create a one-item, full color magazine advertisement for a product. This is a Commerce and Information Technology Lesson Plan.
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Lesson Plan
University of Nebraska Omaha

University of Omaha: Lesson Plan: Why Do I Want All This Stuff? [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This lesson plan addresses consumer demand and advertising. Indicated for grades 3 through 5.
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Other

Linguarama International: Marcus Evans: The Language of Advertising

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Informtion on word choice and language in advertising, includes word lists and questions.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Advertising Ethics

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with links to seventy-six images, videos, and websites to use while learning about ethics in advertising.
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Other

Social Psychological Factors Underlying the Impact of Advertising

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the psychology of advertising contains a paragraph on the two routes to persuasion.