Resources for Teachers - Marketing & Consumerism

Image Gap - Lesson

This lesson helps students understand how self-image can influence lifestyle choices.

Kids, Alcohol and Advertising - Lesson 2: Young Drinkers

In this lesson, students learn why the alcohol industry needs replacement (new) drinkers and how it exploits the needs and desires of young people in order to foster brand loyalty.

Don’t Drink and Drive: Assessing the Effectiveness of Anti-Drinking Campaigns - Lesson

In this lesson, students explore a variety of anti-drinking and alcohol awareness campaigns in order to determine their effectiveness. Students will deconstruct the different approaches that have been used by various organizations to reach teens and young adults and will debate those techniques that are most likely to resonate with youth. In a summative activity, groups of students create and implement an alcohol awareness campaign for students.

Looking At Food Advertising - Lesson

This lesson introduces students to the ways in which advertising can affect their food choices.

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics

This activity helps teenagers develop an awareness of marketing tactics aimed at teens.