Lesson Plan
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Lesson Plan: How Media Shapes Perception

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Interesting lesson plan that allows students to explore the messages and influence of the media, especially on young minds. Objectives, standards, and procedures included for teachers.
Activity
PBS

Pbs: Don't Buy It Get Media Smart

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
PBS provides resources to help teachers encourage media literacy. Access, evaluate, and analyze electronic and print media. Dissect pop culture and advertisements. Use the Get Media Smart Resources to uncover advertising tricks, make...
Interactive
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Centers for Disease Control: Bam! Teacher's Corner: If Those Dolls Were Real People

For Students 9th - 10th
A lesson exploring how the media influences body images. Students take measurement of dolls and characters to compare them with a chart on the website to show what the dolls and characters would look like if they were the height of an...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Just Desserts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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,"...