Food and Nutrition
Overall Expectations:
- To understand the importance of a nutritious diet in health and development.
Specific Expectations:
1.3 Daily food needs in relation to Canada’s Food Guide.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Alcohol Myths
- Alcohol on the Web
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Looks Good Enough to Eat
- Selling Obesity
- Selling Tobacco
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
Money Management and Consumerism
Overall Expectations:
2. To consider and apply some basic principles of consumerism.
Specific Expectations:
2.1 To evaluate the use of advertising.
2.2 To be aware of some sources of information as guides to buying.
2.4 To know consumer rights and responsibilities.
2.5 To practice making a consumer complaint.
MediaSmarts Resources
- Alcohol Myths
- Alcohol on the Web
- Buy Nothing Day
- Gender and Tobacco
- Gender Messages in Alcohol Advertising
- Know the Deal: The Value of Privacy
- Marketing to Teens: Alternate Ads
- Marketing to Teens: Gender Roles in Advertising
- Marketing to Teens: Gotta Have It! Designer & Brand Names
- Marketing to Teens: Marketing Tactics
- Marketing to Teens: Parody Ads
- Marketing to Teens: Talking Back
- Mixed Signals: Verifying Online Information
- Selling Obesity
- Selling Tobacco
- Sports Personalities in Magazine Advertising
- Taming the Wild Wiki
- The Price of Happiness
- Thinking Like a Tobacco Company
- Tobacco Labels
- Truth or Money
- Video Games