Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads - Lesson
Lesson Plan
Level(s): Grades 8 - 12
Author: Charity Laboucan and Tracy Duncan, Planned Parenthood Edmonton, and Sonya Thompson, Film Classification Services, Alberta Community Development.
Length: 50 minutes
Overview:
In this lesson students explore what’s hidden behind advertising messages by analysing and creating parody advertisements.
Learning Outcomes:
Students demonstrate:
- an understanding that advertisements don’t necessarily tell the whole truth about a product
- an awareness that advertisements are designed to deliver very specific messages to consumers
This lesson and all associated documents (handouts, overheads, backgrounders) is available in an easy-print, pdf kit version.