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Convince Me!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers analyze advertisements meant to persuade a reader to purchase a certain product or service to find out what stands out about the ad or what it is about the ad that persuade readers. They complete an analysis chart, and...
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Reading Comprehension

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze an advertisement. In this advertisement analysis lesson, 11th graders work in learning tiers to complete an analysis of the structure of the advertisement when compared to other text. Students complete a...
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Appeal for the Meal

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate advertising. In this advertising activity, students read the book Good Lemonade by Frank Asch and identify the advertising practices from the story. Students create ads for snacks using advertising techniques.
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Hidden Messages: The Growth of Product Placement

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated...
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Signs Signs - Everywhere Signs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine advertising techniques. In this media literacy lesson, students collaborate to create PowerPoint presentations that feature multimedia formats to share advertising that is present in their community.
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Media Literacy Unit - Part 4

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study how advertisers use techniques to sell their products. In this persuasive media lesson, 7th graders analyze media messages to find the advertiser's purpose. They examine different advertising techniques and their...
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Mathematical Magazines

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students look through magazines and calculate the percentages of the types of ads in the magazines. In this percentages lesson plan, students create a graph to show their results.
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Advertising's Hidden Messages

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Learners explore the hidden messages in advertisements. In this business instructional activity, students discuss the role that advertisements play in our lives. Learners locate advertisements that use various advertising techniques....
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Selling Spelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in activities to practice their spelling words. They create advertisements to accompany their spelling words. They present their ads to the class and take a practice test. Their goal is to have everyone with a...
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Consumer Product as in "Chocolate Milk"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine different marketing techniques how to present themselves while looking for work.  In this marketing lesson students create their own advertisement. 
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Advertisements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare aspects of daily life from the mid-19th century with those of today to contrast life then and now. They study newspaper advertisements for housing and clothing from then and now and create and illustrate their own...
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Listerine: Miracle Liquid or Product in Search of a Purpose?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze and research the claims of Listerine advertisements and commercials. They observe commercials and ads, then participate in numerous activities to determine the credibility of the claims made by Listerine. ...
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Introduction of Careers in Fine Arts and Communications

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create advertising campaigns. In this communications lesson plan, 9th graders explore the use of propaganda endorsements, bandwagon appeals, name calling, plain folks appeal and generalities in advertising. Students then...
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Sold! Ageless Water

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read "Tuck Everlasting" by Natalie Babbitt. They create an advertisement for the spring water described in the story.
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Hillary Clinton's Voting Record Distorted

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine how political advertisements can be used to deliver messages and stir emotions. Using a political ad from the 2006 Senate election, students generate questions based on the claims in the ads. They research information to...
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Car Adverts: Tell It Like It is

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the strategies and bias that are sometimes used in advertising with a particular focus on automobile advertising. Working in groups, they read several car ads and discuss the bias, opinion and stereotyping in the...
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Bias, Prejudice and Propaganda

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine bias, prejudeice, and propaganda in reading selections. They view commercials and print ads, discuss how the advertisers are trying to convince them of something, and keep a commercial journal.
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Selling Solutions

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify, design and present specific information to sell their idea for reducing the impacts of climate change. Students create a television or print advertisement. Students utilize technology to create a final project....
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John McCain's Tax Stand Misrepresented

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how political advertisements can be misleading. Using a political ad against tax reform, students generate questions based on the claims in the ads. They research information to support or refute the claims in the ad and...
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Super Dollar Special

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the Super Dollar Special. In this advertisement lesson, students read an article consider placing an advertisement in the newspaper. They work on summarizing what they've read and using context clues.
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I Don't Pay Attention to Advertisements

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the eight persuasive techniques, identifying them in all avenues of media including magazine, TV, Internet, and billboards, and making them aware of how advertising already influences them. They write an essay using...
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Best Practices of Technology Integration

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students study how a type of product is advertised. In this product advertisement lesson, students research a specific product and its advertisement. Students create a market research survey based on their peers preferences. Students...
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Sweet-Talkers

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners investigate what is being sold to them. In this media awareness lesson plan, students visit selected websites to take a closer look at advertising marketed at them. Learners discuss the implications of marketing geared toward...
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Adjectives and Adverbs

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify adverbs and adjectives in an advertisement. In this adjectives and adverbs lesson, students complete several activities. A worksheet is included for practice.

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