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Pbs (Affluenza): What Are Advertisers Selling

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What are advertisers really selling? Are there hidden messages in ads? In this lesson, students explore the concept of persuasive advertising and evaluate ads directed at young consumers. A timely lesson that would generate interesting debate for intermediate and middle school students. Links available to other PBS activities and lesson plans.

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Concepts
advertising, business, commercials, communication, consumers, economics, marketing
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Additional Tags
advertisements, evaluating advertisements, hidden messages, integrated lesson, language arts, marketing plan, mathematics, pbs, persuasive, grades 4-8, hidden audience, social studies, writing
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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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