Resources for Teachers - Marketing & Consumerism

Truth or Money - Lesson

In this lesson, students explore how advertising leverage can lead to censorship of information about public health issues.

Looks Good Enough to Eat

This lesson looks at food photography and the different techniques used by food stylists to make foods look appealing in advertisements.

Buy Nothing Day

In this lesson Buy Nothing Day is used as a jumping-off point to look at the role of consumerism in our lives and culture.

Co-Co's AdverSmarts Teacher's Guide

Co-Co’s AdverSmarts: An Interactive Unit on Food Marketing on the Web is an educational game for young children. The purpose of the game is to teach five- to eight-year-olds how to recognize commercial websites that target kids through highly engaging and interactive Web environments.

Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics - Lesson

This activity helps teenagers develop an awareness of marketing tactics aimed at teens through the creation of their own mock advertising campaigns.