Activity 10:
Poster advertising the story or your “bike that is a car”

Possible Pre-Teaching Ideas

• Class discussion on propaganda, purpose of Media, techniques used on consumers

• Brainstorm various types of media (video games, movies, commercials, pop-ups in apps, billboards).

• Look at examples of print posters. 

• Identify techniques used. 

• Are the techniques successful? 

• Who is the target audience?

• What is the purpose of this poster?

• Likes and dislikes of the poster?

• How is colour used?

• Is this poster effective? 

• Have print posters/advertisements around the class on chart paper. Students will go around and record their impression of the poster on the chart paper with a marker.

• Discuss the purpose of the poster they will be creating, what is the goal?

  • Get people listening to the podcast or to read the story?  Or to buy your “Bike that is a Car”?

Possible Media Websites

• https://managementstudyguide.com/advertising-techniques.htm -Advertising techniques

• https://www.verywellfamily.com/media-literacy-how-to-teach-kids-to-be-critical-consumers-5181306 -Becoming a critical consumer of media

• https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/20/learning/lesson-plans/teenagers-and-misinformation-some-starting-points-for-teaching-media-literacy.html -Teaching media literacy

• https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/media-literacy -Video on media literacy (J/I)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBP_kswrtrw -Video on media (P/J)

Success Criteria/Assessment