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Publisher
Media Smarts
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Grade
4th - 8th
Subjects
21 Century Skills
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For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
Instructional Strategies
Collaborative Learning
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Technology
Video
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Year
2012
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Looking at Food Advertising

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Tony The Tiger, The HoneyComb Kid, The Nestle Quick Bunny. As part of a study of the methods advertisers use to sell foods and how this advertising effects their food choices, kids create their own spokescharacter and/or jingle for one of their favorite foods. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

advertising, nutrition labels

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Bring in several popular foods marketed to kids and show class members how to read the food labels for nutritional content

Classroom Considerations

  • Prepare for the lesson by collecting food ads from magazines and taping TV food commercials

Pros

  • The activities create an awareness of how media influences food preferences

Cons

  • The lesson presumes class members have studied advertising and/or propaganda techniques

Common Core

RI.4.7 RI.5.7 RI.6.7 RI.7.7 RI.8.7

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