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Understanding the Influence of the Media

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Critically analyze advertising techniques, such as circular reasoning, bandwagon, testimonial, and repetition, with worksheets that effectively discuss and illustrate how the media aims to influence.
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Nemours KidsHealth

Media Literacy and Health: What’s the Truth?

For Students 9th - 12th
In this personal health media literacy activity, students use the eight questions on this sheet to evaluate a health news report on television. Students write paragraphs the determine whether the reports are valid sources of information.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Media Industry and the Internet

For Students 10th - 12th
Kids take a good look at what the Internet has done to "old media" industries, such as newspapers, magazines, and books. They analyze the editorial comments made in a political cartoon and answer three critical thinking questions related...
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ReadWriteThink

Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Commercial advertising—we can't get away from it, but do we realize just how often we are being advertised to? With this lesson plan, scholars analyze mass media to identify how its techniques influence our daily lives. Learners browse...
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Classroom Law Project

Should we believe everything we read? Becoming a discerning consumer of media

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Class members investigate the role media should play in a healthy democracy. As part of this study, groups analyze political advertising, use FactCheck to assess not only the veracity of but the persuasions techniques used in candidates'...
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Organizer
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Deconstructing an Advertisement

For Students 7th - 12th
Bring in a stack of magazines and distribute this advertisement analysis activity to your emerging analysts. As your class members ponder an ad, they answer a series of questions to help them perform a complete analysis. They consider...
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The Portrayal of Women in Media

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This is an awesome exercise. Learners use this worksheet as they examine an advertisement from a past decade (you need to provide). They answer five questions that aid them in analyzing the ad and the portrayal of women from that time...
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Worksheet
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Advertising Conversation

For Students 4th - 8th
Are you struggling to get a rich discussion going between your learners? Use these questions to spark a natural conversation about advertising and the media. Learners pair up, and each speaker gets a different set of questions to ask...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: What's Replacing Our Newspapers?

For Students 9th - 12th
What is happening to print media? Use this political cartoon analysis handout to facilitate pupil exploration of the online-media takeover and the decline of newspapers. Background information gives them context, and 3 talking points...
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#1639. Advertising Age: Using the Internet

For Students 9th - 12th
The ten questions included on this activity are designed to facilitate a close study of the website of Advertising Age magazine. Using the Internet, learners explore the magazine’s website and its links to become familiar with the...
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Ad Hangover?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this advertising and marketing worksheet, students read an article regarding alcohol marketing and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
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Discussion: The Media

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this discussion about media worksheet, learners participate in a discussion about different types of media.
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The Learning Network: Fill-In Super Bowl Ads

For Students 7th - 12th
A possible high-interest activity for the ESL classroom, this online resource has learners complete a fill in the blank exercise about advertisements during the Super Bowl. Coupled with a related article entitled "Before the Toss, Super...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Future of Newspapers

For Students 9th - 12th
Are newspapers dying, or fighting to survive? Give your scholars access to this controversial debate using political cartoons. In this analsyis handout, 2 cartoons display the changing role of newspapers in a world of online media....
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Worksheet
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Amazing Ads

For Students 7th - 10th
In this science project activity, students name the product and company associated with each famous ad slogan listed. Then they survey the media to locate examples of each technique described in the boxes. Students also create a new...
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Worksheet
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Adopt-An-Element

For Students 10th - 11th
In this chemistry worksheet, students complete an adopt an element information sheet. Then they create an advertisement for their element including the information listed. Students also write its important uses, interesting facts, and...
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Worksheet
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Exploring the Surf

For Students 3rd - 10th
In this media literacy worksheet, students explore 4 websites in web search for a health-related issue. They respond to 7 questions regarding each of the sites. Students review their answers and write 1 paragraph pertaining to their...
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Lesson Plan
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Read loud: The Media

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this media read aloud activity, learners read a dialogue aloud in pairs.  Student A will ask a question about the media, and Student B gives the answer.
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Scholastic

Identifying a Target Audience

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
How do advertisers try to speak to you? Learners review a variety of advertisements and identify how they attempt to reach a particular targeted audience, as well as consider what type of audiences they might belong to as young adults.
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Spelling Connections: Grade 7: Assimilated Prefix: ad-

For Students 6th - 8th
In this spelling worksheet, students learn to spell a list of 20 words. All words have the assimilated prefix "ad". Students write each word one time on the lines. There are additional at-home activities listed.
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Describing Trends

For Students 4th - 6th
In this describing trends worksheet, students read information about broadcast TV plus cable and satellite TV, observe an annual use of the media graph and describe the trends. Students also read a text about advertising, interpret a...
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Sports Survey

For Students 7th - 12th
In this sports survey learning exercise, students respond to 16 open-ended and multiple choice questions regarding sports and advertising.
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Breaking News English: Internet War of Words over Gaza

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, learners read "Internet War of Words over Gaza," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Anti-McDonald's McDavids Beat Goliath

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Anti-McDonald's McDavids Beat Goliath," and then respond to 8 multiple choice, 27 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

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