A Look at Food Advertising
Objectives
- Realize the influence that advertising exerts on our lives;
- Recognize advertising strategies used to sell products.
Description
Students examine and analyze ads for well-known products and discuss these in class. They then create an advertising message, slogan, and jingle for the food item of their choice.
Equipment
- Recorded ads targeting children;
- Food ads cut out of magazines;
- Slogans associated with familiar products;
- Documents provided on the MediaSmarts website.
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