Teaching Kids Media Smarts: Building Awareness at the Early Age

Resources To Teach About Advertising

MediaSmarts

Association of Canadian Advertisers Codes and Standards

PBS Idea Channel

Media Literacy 101

Advertising Techniques

Techniques of Persuasion

ADVANCED Techique

INTERMEDIATE Technique

BASIC Technique

5 P's

PITCH

PLACEMENT

PRODUCT

PURCHASER

PLACEMENT

How To Talk To Kids About Advertising

Media Literacy in the Classroom

As a teacher, exploit "teachable moments"

Recognize that kids enjoy media

Allow students to bring their own media to the table

Build Media Awareness Using Teacher's Resources

Why Teach About Advertising

To Build Awarness

To Infuse Media Literacy

How it works?

How kids are targeted?

Techniques of persuasion

How to deconstruct the media

Media as Constructions

Beliefs and value messages

How to analyze media text

Short video commercials (examples) to demonstrate how media TARGETS/ VIEWS children

Short video commercials (examples) to demonstrate how media TARGETS/ VIEWS children

Can you spot the Ad (Activity)?