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Advertising and Healthy Decisions

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Students analyze alcohol and tobacco ads and create parodies of them. The eight lessons in this unit include discussions about why teens smoke or drink, the psychology behind the advertising, and writing persuasive letters to agencies, companies, or entities asking them to take action promoting health.

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Media Literacy, persuasive techniques, persuasion, persuasive arguments

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media, persuasive techniques, slogans, english language arts
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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14 days
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