Adding Ads to Your Life

 

You are surrounded by advertisement every day: on TV, in publications, on the radio, on billboards, and online. You might understand what is being communication, but do you know what is NOT stated? ADd to knowledge about ads with these activities.

 

CONNECT:

• Watch the evolution of advertisements in 60 seconds at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d3VAYGnXjY
• Read about the history of ads targeted to children at https://exhibits.library.duke.edu/exhibits/show/childrenads/intro
• See how food commercials are made at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7iSFl5cp84
• What are some advertising techniques related to business and economics? See Christmas examples at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhPuRSiqvgM

 

CREATE:

• Enjoy this great advertising game and learn how to successfully create attractive and informative brochures and leaflets: https://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/advertising.html
• Targeting middle schoolers: analyze these ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQTrTiFbdSI. What do you see? What do you hear? is the message? How does the ad affect you – why? What techniques do they use for impact you?
• Watch how to make an advertisement at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7KJmZSrOao

 

CARE:

• Become more aware about online advisements by watching  this kid-centric video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQptrlOFMDw
• As a family, become ad smart by practicing these tips: https://www.commonsensemedia.org/articles/how-kids-can-resist-advertising-and-be-smart-consumers
• Watch how advertising rewires kids’ brains at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGN1ZEABk_Y

 

CAREERS:

Want to produce advertisements as much as consume them? Then maybe advertising is the field for you! Know that there are many aspects of advertising: marketing, writing, filming and photographing, layout, selling, budgeting, personnel. May I sell you on the advertising industry?

• https://advertisingindustry.careers/
• https://www.bls.gov/ooh/management/advertising-promotions-and-marketing-managers.htm
• How to get started in advertising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Yxnwmp_No

 

Your Government Voice

The political system is a central aspect of all countries. At every level, citizens elect their representatives. Presidential elections are especially important, and showcase each person’s involvement as active citizens. Whether it’s voting for a class president or the President of the U.S., you should be informed because your voting voice does count.

CONNECT:

• Ben Franklin’s avator explains the election process for different age groups: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/9-12/election/index.html
• Television greatly expanded the access to presidential debates. Watch the history and debate the quality of today’s election debates: http://www.museum.tv/debateweb/html/
• It’s important to be media literate in election season. Get informed at “The Living Room Candidate” about presidential commercials: http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/
• Technically, it’s the Electoral College who elects the President; watch how at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFJ2e82Nvnw
• The Machinery of Democracy (http://americanhistory.si.edu/vote/index.html) explores how ballots and voting systems have evolved over the years.

CREATE:

• Make your prediction about presidential winners at http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/map/predict.html
• Look at historical political cartoons at http://elections.harpweek.com/, and compare them to today’s cartoons. Try making your own – maybe about elections at school.
• Create a trivia game using fun facts about US elections: http://www.gallopade.com/client/electionsforkids/index-1.html
• Create your own voting booth by following the directions at http://creeksidelearning.com/elections-for-kids/

CARE:

• How can kids participate in elections? PBS shows how at http://pbskids.org/democracy/vote/
• Watch kid reporters in the current election cycle, and take a poll about the presidential election at http://election.scholastic.com/kid-reporters/
• Speak up for kids during elections. Washington state’s Children’s Alliance gives suggestions for actions: http://www.childrensalliance.org/our-current-work/vote-kids
• Stay informed, and raise your voice about election issues at http://www.nick.com/kpp/

 CAREER:

Politics can be a lifetime career – or a one-time effort. And there are many careers that related to politics: journalism and other mass communications jobs, marketing, historian, lobbyist, lawyer.

https://www.themuse.com/advice/love-politics-make-it-your-job

http://www.apsanet.org/CAREERS/Careers-In-Political-Science

https://gspm.gwu.edu/sites/gspm.gwu.edu/files/downloads/careersebook.pdf