Students will share prior knowledge of print media and identify different forms of media used when creating advertising. They will discover and retell implied messages in newspapers and identify whose point of view is being presented. They will observe with their senses, evaluate information and relate print media to personal experiences, actions and behaviours. Answer Key Included
Activities and Worksheets on these topics:
1. Propaganda: Create an ad on propaganda.
2. A Short History of Print Media: Use clues to solve a word puzzle
3. Early Print Ads: Analyze an early print ad
4. Print Ads Today: Analyze a current print ad
5. Print Ads Today: Analyze a current print ad
6. Comparing and Contrasting Print Ads
7. Designing Your Own Print Ad
8. Newspapers - A Short History on News Papers
9. Your Local Newspaper - Examine features of a local newspaper
10. Headline Collage - create a collage using headlines
11. Letter to the Editor- Write an opinion with supporting details
