Resources for Teachers - Marketing & Consumerism

Adversmarts: Understanding Food Advertising Online

In this lesson, students are introduced to the idea of online advertising and look at the ways that marketers create immersive and appealing online environments that draw and hold children’s attention. After studying common advertising techniques, students play an educational game online that lets them put their learning into action by “creating” a site advertising a fictitious cereal, Co-Co Crunch. Students then look at examples of real commercial environments and watch for “weasel words” used by advertisers. 

Image Gap - Lesson

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

Sex in Advertising - Lesson

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

Click if You Agree (Grades 7-9)

Think you know how to read and understand privacy policies and terms of use? Learn how to make sense of legal documents for websites and apps with this interactive game.

Packaging Tricks - Lesson

This lesson introduces students to the ways in which packaging is designed to attract kids.