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Selling Tobacco - Lesson

In this lesson, students explore how tobacco advertising has evolved over the past sixty years.

Tobacco Marketing

Sex in Advertising - Lesson

To introduce students to the use and prevalence of sexuality in advertising.

Gender Representation, Marketing & Consumerism, Stereotyping

Shaking the Movers: Youth Rights and Media - Lesson

Students will discuss the concept of human rights and then learn how these ideas led to the drafting of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Digital Citizenship, Human Rights, Privacy

So Many Choices!

This lesson introduces the students to the first steps in finding information on the Internet.

Authenticating Information, Digital Citizenship, Internet & Mobile

Social Smarts: Nothing Personal!

A new smartphone is a big responsibility for kids, who have a lot to learn about using them safely, especially when it comes to protecting their privacy. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of

Internet & Mobile, Privacy

Sports Personalities in Advertising

In this lesson students explore the relationship between athletes and advertising through a number of different activities.

Marketing & Consumerism, Sports

Spot the house hippos – Printable activity sheet 

This printable activity sheet introduces basic media literacy skills and concepts and is suitable for use in homes, schools and libraries. It can be completed independently, but children will learn

Authenticating Information

Stereotyping and Genre

In this lesson, students use fairy tales as a way of learning about the idea of genre. They explore how the typical tropes of a genre can create or perpetuate stereotypes and create a “flipped” fairy

Stereotyping

Suffragettes and Iron Ladies - Lesson

This lesson considers how the media portrays women in politics. Students explore capsule biographies of female political leaders, from ancient times to current events – crafted from snippets of media

Gender Representation, Journalism & News, Stereotyping

Taking Charge of TV Violence

In this lesson, students become aware of the types and amounts of violence in children's programming, and how media violence influences young viewers.

Television, Violence

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