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Think it Through Lesson PlanThink it Through Lesson Plan
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Scholastic
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7th - 12th
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Think it Through

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What does the media tell the teenagers about using marijuana? Help class members decipher what they are being told about drug use with a lesson plan on editorial cartoons, subliminal messages, and critical thinking skills.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

critical thinking, editorial cartoons, marijuana, drug abuse, drugs

Additional Tags

health

Instructional Ideas

  • Have class members bring in examples of advertisements or images that are trying to persuade them to do something
  • Fold into a unit on ethos, pathos, logos

Classroom Considerations

  • The third part of a unit on the facts about recreational marijuana use; however, the lesson works for analyzing any media message

Pros

  • Provides an extension activity for homework or longer class periods
  • Comes with all necessary materials

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RI.7.1 RI.7.2 RI.7.3 RI.8.1 RI.8.2 RI.8.3 RI.9-10.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.9-10.3 RI.11-12.1 RI.11-12.2 RI.11-12.3

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