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Selling Obesity
Learners examine health issues that are associated with our fast food culture, and the advertising of it. They begin with a snack-food survey to assess their own eating habits. Pupils are encouraged to think critically throughout the...
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Nutrition and the Media: Cereal Box Consumerism
How many treats do you buy each week? Learners investigate diets and how the media tricks consumers into purchasing unhealthy snacks. They will investigate the designs and logos affiliated with cereal boxes and identify specific phrases...
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Good Snack,Smart Snack
Second graders pretend to be company managers who design and advertise healthy snacks to sell.
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You've Gotta Have a Gimmick!: A Lesson in Junk Food Advertising
Students examine marketing techniques used in television and magazine snack food ads. They analyze and discuss Internet kids clubs, complete various handouts that examine ads for food, and create a commercial for a food product.
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Consumerism
Students examine the techniques that companies use to sell their products. In this consumerism lesson students create an ad for a company and create a handcrafted butterfly.
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Looking at Food Advertising
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...
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LESSON 5: Philanthropy Market Is Open Today (The)
Students sell snacks at their school, then use the money to purchase a philanthropic gift.
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Twinkies
Brian was devastated when Hostess® filed for bankruptcy, and he was also fearful that his favorite snack treat would be lost forever. The snack food was in danger of being lost, your class won't be lost when using Twinkies® as the...
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I'm Convinced!
Students examine persuasive techniques used to sell products, and create and write an advertisement for peanut butter.
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Label Language
Students read food labels and understand their meaning. In this healthy eating lesson, students discuss healthy foods and snacks. Students understand the fat and calorie content of foods and discuss the regulations on food manufacturers....
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Give It Back From a Snack Lesson 1: Kids' Kompany
Students examine the ways to earn money and discover the different uses for money. They read children's literature and draw pictures of uses for money that benefit the common good.
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Cent Sense
Students identify money values. In this money lesson plan, students sort and group coins by value and investigate the cost of supplies needed for a snack. Students prepare snacks for a snack sale.
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Healthy Snacks
Ninth graders examine teen attitudes towards snack food merchandising in schools and what contributes to successful food merchandising. The context for the lesson is found in the research conducted from the Health Canada Website.
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Young Entrepreneur
Sixth graders learn about how easy it is to create a snack food and make people want to buy it.
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Kids' Kompany
Students explore philanthropy. In this service learning activity, students determine ways to earn money and consider how to use money for the common good.
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Lessons for Young Children with Autism
Here are a variety of lessons geared for young children with Autism. There are 12 short activities intended to build attention, imitation, communication, independent living, social, motor, and literacy skills. Each skill is geared toward...
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Germs: Cultural Diffusion
Students analyze agents of cultural diffusion. They discuss how the introduction of television would change various remote cultures, and in small groups create and present a skit demonstrating an agent of change.
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Third Grade Reading and Vocabulary Practice
In this 3rd grade reading and vocabulary worksheet, students read a variety of passages and complete multiple choice questions after each. An answer key is included.
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Fish food Comercials
Fifth graders, working in pairs, create 30-second commercials for fish food products. They create slogans and incorporate props, music, costumes, or illustrations in their spots. The commercials are videotaped and parents are invited...
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The Hot Dog Stand: Combinations
In this combination worksheet, students rearrange integers to determine the number of combinations that can be made from given numbers. This one-page worksheet contains one combination problem.
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Easter Challenge
In this Easter fun activity worksheet, students use the 39 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Giant Jellyfish Invasion
In this reading comprehension skills instructional activity, students read a 1 page selection entitled "Giant Jellyfish Invasion" and then respond to 5 multiple choice questions.
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Choosing the Correct Adjective: Much or More
In this choosing the correct adjective: much or more worksheet, learners read explanations and examples of correct usage, then interactively complete 10 sentences, with immediate online feedback.
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Cost Comparison
Learners take a tour of a produce department in a grocery store. They explore the concepts of money and a budget. They complete problem solving activities and taste different fruits and vegetables.