Curated OER
Advertising in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Persuasive Texts
Beginning a persuasive writing unit with your middle schoolers? Approach it through something that persuades us all: advertising! Through studying video and print advertisement, your class will practice Common Core skills for reading...
Media Education Lab
Defining Propaganda
21st century learners live in a media world. Help them develop the skills they need to be able to analyze the barrage of propaganda they face daily, with a resource that introduces them to the type of persuasive appeals found in...
National Council for the Social Studies
Analyzing a Product or Political Advertisement
How do advertisements evoke specific thoughts and feelings? Class members find out through the exploration of the Internet, videos, television, magazines, radio, and posters. Learners investigate commercial advertisements, political...
Foreign Policy Association
U.S. and Europe Online Lesson Plan
Class groups investigate the economic and political implications of a country's policies on genetically modified foods, craft a position paper detailing that policy, and share their findings with the class. Armed with this...
Creative Educator
Sell It with Propaganda
Augment a unit on propaganda by prompting class members to create propaganda. Using Frames software, groups demonstrate their understanding of propaganda techniques by designing a new product, creating a commercial to sell...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Adversmarts: Introduction to Food Advertising Online
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...
Media Smarts
Media Smarts: Can You Spot the Ad?
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for students. In this lesson plan, young students will learn how to differentiate "branded" and brands" in content. Students will also learn learn strategies and goals of advertisers.