Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online
Media Smarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for learners. For this lesson, young students will learn about online advertisements targeted to children. Learners will play on online game; they will create an advertisement for...
Read Works
Read Works: Junk Food Ad Attack!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about companies marketing junk food to children. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Media Smarts
Media Awareness Network: Co Co's Adver Smarts
Co-Co's AdverSmarts is an interactive unit whose purpose is to help children ages five through eight recognize marketing techniques used on websites that target them. As kids assist in designing the new Co-Co Crunch website, Co-Co...
Thinkport Education
Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Fast Food Marketing
Find out how many fast food companies invest in advertising to convince consumers to buy their products.
Curated OER
Kids Health: A Guide to Eating for Sports
Television ads and magazines are littered with new sports drinks and supplements that claim to enhance performance for athletes. Are these claims proven to be true or just cunning marketing schemes? This article delves into the hype and...