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Curated OER

Watching the Watchers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify, explore, and analyze the effects of their daily exposure to advertising.
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Curated OER

"Let's Make Some Money"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students complete a project about economics, supply, and advertising. In this advertising activity, students discuss how money is made, entrepreneurs, and advertising. They make their own business with toys to sell to Kindergartners.
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Curated OER

It's On Sale

For Teachers 1st
First graders read the book The Great Pet Sale to learn about economics and advertisements. In this economics lesson plan, 1st graders read the book The Great Pet Sale and define related vocabulary words. Students compare prices to find...
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Curated OER

Pitcher Perfect

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider how advertising messages are constructed and relayed. They invent fast-food businesses and create presentation posters outlining the first commercials to promote their new brands.
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Curated OER

Magazine Dollars and Sense

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze magazine advertisements that appeal to them. They explore how tobacco companies continue to target teens in magazine advertisements. They explore how advertisers select magazine ad space.
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Curated OER

U.S. Geography: The Midwest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research agricultural products of the Midwest. For this Midwest lesson, students watch a video about the geography of the Midwest, discuss how topographical features were formed and review the agricultural products the Midwest...
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Curated OER

The Wild, Wild West

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research the history of the transcontinental railroad. They use advertising propaganda techniques to design and create a poster encouraging people to explore the West by rail.
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PPT
Curated OER

Psychographics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
This advertising PowerPoint displays the Values and Lifestyle program of target audiences. It lists the attributes of each audience group such as: Survivors, Sustainers, Belongers, Emulators, I-Am-Me, Experiential, Societally Conscious,...
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Curated OER

“Leading Doctors Say…”

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze how media and celebrities influence consumers. For this social studies lesson, 7th graders view different commercials and discuss their advertising techniques. They explain why celebrities are often used to give...
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Institute for Humane Education

In Your Face: Reclaiming Billboards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ads here, ads there, ads everywhere—but what do they communicate? Pupils discuss this topic and develop a list of personal values. They then work as creative directors at an advertising firm to create billboards that reflect community...
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TCI

Picking Rusty Gold: Why Do People Buy and Sell Antiques?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Your historical sleuths will work to research the in-depth history of chosen artifacts and will use their research to design a fictional advertisement for an early 20th century item.
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Curated OER

Propaganda & Persuasive Techniques: Do You Buy It?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the basic persuasive techniques employed in advertising. They identify three examples of propaganda/persuasive techniques, complete an observation chart, take an advertising quiz, complete a spreadsheet that...
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National First Ladies' Library

Learning to Be Consumers: The Emergence of Catalogs and Advertising

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners study the historical context of marketing and how it came to be so important in the 19th century. They analyze advertising in the 19th century, 20th century, and today to understand how much or how little has changed.
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Curated OER

Advertise a State Vacation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a brochure advertising a state for vacation. In this internet research lesson, students do research on a state and create a brochure with the information. Students write a commercial and videotape them.  
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Curated OER

Reducing Ecological Footprint Ads

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the impact of geological footprints. In this geography skills lesson plan, students calculate geological footprints and discuss ways to reduce the footprints. Students create advertisements that motivate others to reduce...
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Curated OER

Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students listen to a guest speaker about the different types of advertising. Using research materials, they discover the laws about copyrighting material. They visit foreign websites to view their advertising and discuss how it is...
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Curated OER

Lesson Plan 4: Political Advertising

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students observe a political advertisement and evaluate the views promoted in the ad. After exploring governmental policies, students create their own 30-second ad to promote a specified cause and publicize their views. Students share...
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Curated OER

Behind the Ad: The Process of Producing a Political Commerical

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how advertisements are produced for political campaigns. In groups, they view various examples of different advertisements and create their own ad by completing the steps listed in the lesson plan. They share their ad...
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Curated OER

Presidential Election 2004: Analyzing the Attack Ads

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils view and text the text of presidential election advertisements in 2004. Using the ads, they analyze them and check the validity of the statements made. They answer discuss questions for each ad and share them with the class.
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Curated OER

Consumer Culture in the 1950s: New Shopping Centers and Advertising trends

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the effect of suburbs on American cities. They identify the changes the cities had to face after people moved elsewhere. Using primary source ads, they compare them with contemporary ads and discuss what can be found out...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Ads Are Everywhere

For Students 5th - 6th
In this advertisements worksheet, learners read a list of 25 specific forms of advertising. Students then answer 2 essay questions. This worksheet directs learners to read an article not provided here.
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Curated OER

EARLY COLORADO ADVERTISING

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners investigate the history of advertising in Colorado.They analyze newspapers and advertisements putting them into different categories. Students question the content to develop higher order thinking skills.
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Generation Nation

Propaganda

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
How does propaganda influence our vote? Through grand conversation, scholars gain information about what is and how to identify the different ways propaganda is used in a presidential election. Using their new-found knowledge, citizens...
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One Hen

Making Choices

For Teachers 4th - 9th Standards
When choosing what foods to eat, there are a lot of factors to consider. To help make the decision a little easier, young learners work in small groups developing short plays, stories, or advertisements that address the different issues...

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