Media Literacy & Consumer Awareness – Help your students develop a deeper understanding of consumer awareness and media literacy with this engaging 10 lesson bundle. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom as well as Google Slides formatted lessons for 1:1 schools.
Topics Include:
- Checkout Charities
- Clothing Waste
- Gender Price Differences
- Outlet vs. Retail
- Bottled Water
- Misleading Food Labels
- Breakfast Sandwiches
- Makeup Testers
- Fast Food Chicken
- Healthy or Junk Food?
Curriculum Links
This set of lessons can be used for consumer awareness, media literacy lessons as well as some subject specific lessons discussing how companies pressure consumers to donate.
Lesson Outline
1. Introduction to Consumer Awareness
2. Checkout Charity Questions + Answer Key
3. Journal Entry Assessment
4. Quiz + Answer Key
5. Extend Your Learning Assignment
********************** Teacher Feedback **********************
1. “Absolutely fantastic resource for Media Literacy! I had purchased a few of the lessons separately and they were so great I decided to buy the entire bundle. Thank you!”
2. “Awesome resource for getting students to think critically about media.”
3. “I looked through each different module and they are very thorough and well done. I am excited to use these with my students this year!”
4. “Meaningful and relevant lessons! Quick and easy to use which is always a teacher’s best friend. thank you!”
5. “Great bundle! No prep. Students were really engaged, especially with the Marketplace video suggested and the questions to the video.”
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More Media Literacy Resources
- Media Literacy Unit – Analyzing Public Service Announcements and Commercials
- Media Literacy Review Writing 16 Options
