Resources for Teachers - Marketing & Consumerism

Watching the Elections - Lesson

In this lesson students look at how elections are media events.

Click If You Agree

When you sign up for a service on a website or use an application for the first time, do you read the privacy policy and terms of use thoroughly? Or, like most of us, do you click “I Agree” as fast as you can?

Online Commerce

Kids don’t just see ads in media: more and more, they buy things right on their screens. This section looks at the ways that young people shop online and how they can be manipulated into spending.

Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising - Lesson

In this lesson students explore gender roles in advertising by taking an ad campaign they have seen which is specifically directed to one gender, and redesigning the campaign to target the opposite gender.

Marketing to Teens: Talking Back

This lesson helps teens become active consumers by encouraging them to 'talk back' to advertisers when they have concerns.