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Biz Move

Biz Move: Writing Advertising Ads

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive overview of how to write ad copy. Includes formula AIDA & explains differences between classified ads & display ads. Includes "assignments" & offers practice tips. Provides good & bad examples of each type...
Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online

For Students K - 1st
Media Smarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson, young students will learn about online advertisements targeted to children. Students will play on online game; they will create an advertisement for a...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Green Marketing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students learn basic marketing concepts and use professional marketing techniques to compose an advertisement for a hybrid vehicle. In the process, they learn the principles of comparative analysis.
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Advertising, Promotions and Marketing Managers

For Students 9th - 10th
This report, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor describes managerial-level jobs in advertising, marketing, and public relations. The report includes working conditions, needed training, salary, job outlook, etc.
Handout
Other

Ad Up: Internet Advertising and Marketing Terms Glossary: Definitions

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive collection of marketing terms and definitions. Includes industry, nonprofit, and professional organizations as well as technical terms for approach, design, layout, copy, production, & distribution.
Article
Biz Move

Biz Move: Effective Advertising Campaigns

For Students 9th - 10th
This site shows that satisfying consumer's desire rather than advertiser's desires makes ad successful. With that in mind, explores psychology of advertising & then discusses ad components, strategies, & approaches as well as...
Article
Other

Business plans.org: Marketing Plan

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the information necessary to write a marketing plan. The concepts discussed include: generic strategies and strategies for pricing, distribution, promotion, advertising, and market segmentation.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Be an Ad Detective

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Every day, students are bombarded by advertising. They cannot escape it. But marketers realize that many ypung people are becoming very good at tuning ads out. Businesses thus are becoming more creative in their communication with...
Graphic
Other

Visualistan: Us Programmatic Ad Spending Statistics and Trends

For Students 9th - 10th
This infographic provides statistics and trends related to programmatic and mobile programmatic advertisement spending and revenues.
Article
Other

Business Town: The Secrets to Effective Radio Advertising

For Students 9th - 10th
Here's a good overview on writing a radio advertisement. Some basic tips and ideas. Includes video, 1 min. 7 sec.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Junk Food Ad Attack!

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about companies marketing junk food to children. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Marketing Your Business

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Marketing is the activities of a company associated with buying and selling a product or service. It includes advertising, selling, and delivering products to people. In order to successfully market and sell your products and /or...
Website
Other

Ad Cracker

For Students 9th - 10th
In this website students can learn to create an international advertising agency. They will learn to write a brief, create a brand and position the product. They will also be introduced to the fundamentals of creative writing as well as...
Article
Other

Wall Street Journal: Mc Donald's Launches New Ads, Hoping to Tap Goodwill [Doc]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses McDonald's new ad campaign in 1997 to compete against Burger King, Wendy's, and other restaurants in a very competitive market. (10/02/1997)
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Other

A Practical Guide for Developing Marketing Brochures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a guide to creating a marketing brochure. Includes information on developing the theme, objectives, copy, design, layout, audience, objectives, and design mechanics of your brochure.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Advertising and Its Effects on Consumer Decision Making

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will show the student the power of advertising to create demand for a product. After reviewing existing advertisements, the students will create their own campaign for a product. Following a presentation to the class as a...
Handout
Other

Glossary: Marketing, Advertising, and Promotional Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough glossary of marketing and advertising terms and associations (including legal and business) for all media: print, television, radio, display, and Internet. Includes concept, production, process, and philosophy terms as well.
Graphic
Duke University

Hartman Center: Emergence of Advertising in America

For Students 9th - 10th
The Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850-1920 (EAA) presents over 9,000 images, with database information, relating to the early history of advertising in the United States.
Website
Other

Click Z: Digital Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers current articles on issues related to online advertising.
Handout
Thinkport Education

Thinkport: Designing a Healthier, Happier Meal: Fast Food Marketing

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how many fast food companies invest in advertising to convince consumers to buy their products.
Article
Biz Move

Biz Move: Methods of Planning and Allocating Your Advertising Budget

For Students 9th - 10th
This article from BizMove.com describes various methods (percentage of sales or profits, unit of sales, objective and task) for intelligently establishing an advertising budget and suggests ways of applying budget amounts to get the...
Interactive
Media Smarts

Media Awareness Network: Co Co's Adver Smarts

For Students 3rd - 5th
Co-Co's AdverSmarts is an interactive unit whose purpose is to help children ages five through eight recognize marketing techniques used on websites that target them. As kids assist in designing the new Co-Co Crunch website, Co-Co...
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Other

Linguarama International: Marcus Evans: The Language of Advertising

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Informtion on word choice and language in advertising, includes word lists and questions.
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Other

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth reports on the marketing practices of alcohol producers and on the dangers of underage drinking. Resources include an overview of alcohol marketing (also available in Spanish), examples of print...

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