Media Literacy Unit | 5 Weeks of Lessons | Advertising & Media Sensationalism

This unit is designed to help you support your students’ understanding of the media landscape. This comprehensive unit is designed to engage students with a wide variety of fun, thought-provoking activities that promote critical thinking and media awareness.

This resources contains SIX TOPICS:

• Introduction to media literacy

• The purpose of media

• Persuasion in the media

• Display advertising

• Targeted advertising

• Sensationalism in the media

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

1. Media Literacy PPT slides covering five weeks of lessons. These slides contain:

• Learning intentions & success criteria for each topic

• Tuning in activities

• Explicit teaching material

• A research task

• Think-Pair-Share activities

• Vocabulary exercises

2. ‘Types of Media Sorting Activity’ worksheet x1 pages

3. ‘Purposes of Media Brainstorming’ worksheet x1 pages

4. ‘The Three Persuasive Appeals’ worksheets x6 pages

5. ‘Persuasive Techniques in the Media’ worksheets x2 pages

6. ‘What is a Display Ad?’ worksheets x4 pages

7. ‘What is Targeted Advertising?’ worksheets x3 pages

8. 'Sensationalism in the Media’ worksheets x9 pages

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