Media Literacy Bundle 1 - Consumer Awareness Lessons

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Total Pages: 229 pages
Answer Key: Included with rubric
Teaching Duration: Other
File Size: 17 MB
File Type: Zip (PDFs)

Looking for ready-to-use, engaging media literacy lessons that align with the Ontario Grade 7 Media Literacy curriculum? This comprehensive set of 12 media literacy lessons is perfect for exploring consumer awareness, digital literacy, and advertising strategies in a meaningful and relatable way. Ideal for Grade 7 and Grade 8 students, and great for covering essential expectations in your media literacy unit.

Your students will dive into real-world topics like misleading food labels, marketing claims, gender price differences, and bottled water branding, helping them become thoughtful, critical media consumers. Whether you’re teaching in-class or online, this resource is available in PDF and Google Slides™ formats for ultimate flexibility.

Perfect For:

• Middle school ELA classrooms
• Sub plans
• Media literacy or consumer awareness units
• Cross-curricular connections with Health, Language, and Social Studies
• Online learning or in-person instruction
• Building students’ digital literacy and media awareness

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What’s Included:

• 12 in-depth media literacy lesson plans
• Graphic organizers to support student thinking
• Journal entry prompts for deeper reflection
• Choice boards to extend learning
• Answer keys for quick grading
• Assessment rubric for easy evaluation
• PDF & Google Slides™ formats for digital or printable use

Lesson Outline:

1. Introduction to Consumer Awareness
2. Video Comprehension Questions + Answer Key
3. Journal Entry Assessment
4. Quiz + Answer Key
5. Extend Your Learning Assignment

Lesson Topics:

1. Checkout Charities
2. Clothing Waste
3. Gender Price Differences
4. Outlet vs. Retail
5. Bottled Water
6. Misleading Food Labels
7. Breakfast Sandwiches
8. Makeup Testers
9. Healthy or Junk Food?
10. Orange Juice
11. Meal Delivery Kits
12. Dog DNA

Skills & Standards Covered:

• Critical thinking and analysis
• Understanding media purpose and audience
• Recognizing marketing strategies and persuasive techniques
• Identifying consumer bias and misinformation

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Covers Ontario Language Curriculum expectations
• Low-prep and easy to implement
• Engages students with real-world, relatable topics
• Encourages critical thinking and media analysis
• Includes assessments, rubrics, and answer keys for easy grading
• Comes with PDF and Google Slides™ formats
• Saves planning time with detailed lesson plans and ready-to-use materials

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.”

Help your students become savvy consumers and media critics with this rich, real-world resource that brings media literacy to life!

Resource Notes:

• Regular, reliable internet access is required for this resource.
• Internet must be able to access online video sources.