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...

Students will have the opportunity to analyze political commercials for truths and misconceptions, then make one of their own.

In this website students can learn to create an international advertising agency. They will learn to write a brief, create a brand and position the product. They will also be introduced to the fundamentals of creative writing as well as...

Online exhibition of presidential campaign ads, 1952-2008, organized by election year, theme, and political issue. Audio/video presentations of ads can be viewed alongside written transcripts, making Living Room Candidate particularly...

A record of the times as well as of vintage brands, AdViews provides access to commercials created during the postwar period, 1950s through 1980s.

In this fourth module of a course on Digital Photography, students learn about training for a career in photography and different types of photography specializations. They look at several types in more depth, including commercial,...

See a poster advertising The Greatest Show on Earth and read text explaining why the poster was so important to advertising the circus.

Should companies be allowed to advertise in schools? For this lesson, students examine this question, evaluating whether corporate advertising in the school setting is appropriate. The lesson is presented uses an integrated approach,...

Great PBS site for the Democracy Project. This site is all about televisions role in political advertising. There is a timeline, step-by-step process of commercials, and a look at tricks of the trade.

This video [14:45] A Kid's Survival Guide to TV Advertising from Consumer Reports Television helps children understand television advertising by showing tricks advertisers use to fool viewers, revealing facts that ads don't provide, and...

"Vote for President Johnson on November 3. The Stakes Are Too High for You to Stay at Home"."In Your Heart You Know He's Right". View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1964election. Includes video clips, information about...

Hope Shay's life is about acting. Her parents have supported and promoted her talents since she was a little girl. From community theater, dinner theater, and commercials to auditions around the country and finally a place at a...

Identify advertising techniques designed to encourage children to overindulge in unhealthy foods. Explore the motives behind advertising and use your knowledge to think critically about ads all around you. Scroll down to "Just Desserts,"...

An interesting gallery and description of Massurrealism and artwork that is part of the movement.

Thorough look at a career as a graphic designer or commercial artist. Information covered includes: tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter job, working conditions, employment conditions, and the job market. A personal...

Includes a definition of Pop Art, artists who contributed to the movement, and where they did so.

This is the Japanese version of the well-known Interesting Things for ESL site (the authors are professors teaching in Japan). The Japanese site has many of the same features as the English Only version in fact, it usually goes to the...

This lesson focuses on the seven types of propaganda and their uses. It features a link to a Wikipedia article "Propaganda" and provides an interactive assessment of the seven types.

This commercial site [without any advertising] provides a diagram of the current illumination of the Moon, and the dates of the most recent and upcoming New, Quarter, and Full Moon phases. All dates and times are in universal Time, only.

In this third and final installment of the "Green" series, the middle schoolers will work in their ability groups to create a commercial to advertise their green cleaning product. Students will create a logo and a name brand and market...

The American Brewery History homepage discusses the beer industry in American and the role of German-American brewers. Numerous articles on famous beer towns like St. Louis and Milwaukee. Info on famous brewers Busch and Miller, and even...

The advent of increased television programming helped create a national popular culture. Read about the many kinds of television programs offered in the 1950s.

For this activity, students will explore creative ways that materials can be reused. They will then create a commercial to advertise innovative ideas. Follow-up suggestions include having a sale or contacting local secondhand stores.

The Parthian Fortresses of Nisa consist of two tells of Old and New Nisa, indicating the site of one of the earliest and most important cities of the Parthian Empire, a major power from the mid 3rd century BC to the 3rd century AD. They...