If you enjoyed any of the activities we did in class, visit the links below to find the plans and use it in your own class!
Can You Convince Me? (The Game of Persuasion)
The entire lesson plan can be seen by clicking on the button below. It includes the Game of Persuasion as well as the follow up lessons.
The entire lesson plan can be seen by clicking on the button below. It includes the Game of Persuasion as well as the follow up lessons.
Debate to Two-Sided Argument (Revision Process)
See the first article on the "Current Research" page for complete lesson plan and graphic organizers used.
Using Advertisements to Explore Persuasion in the Media (9-12)
Materials:
various magazines (preferably teen magazines)
poster-board, glue, scissors, colored markers
Procedures:
1. Split class into groups. Have each group choose an advertisement from a magazine and paste it in the center of the poster-board.
2. Give each group 2 different color markers. With the first color, instruct the students to write words that describe what they see around the picture (colors, shapes, body parts, size/ race/ gender of models, words).
3. Now, instruct the students to discuss what the advertisement is really telling you. What is the message or image the company wants you to see? Read between the lines of the "right there" observations and record those insights with the second color around the first observations.
4. Use the posters to guide a whole-class discussion of how persuasion is used in media advertisements. Are these persuasion methods effective?
5. As a possible follow-up, have students write a persuasive piece from the POV of the advertisement. If it could speak to you, what kind of words, phrases, and voice would it use to tell you about the product?
See the first article on the "Current Research" page for complete lesson plan and graphic organizers used.
Using Advertisements to Explore Persuasion in the Media (9-12)
Materials:
various magazines (preferably teen magazines)
poster-board, glue, scissors, colored markers
Procedures:
1. Split class into groups. Have each group choose an advertisement from a magazine and paste it in the center of the poster-board.
2. Give each group 2 different color markers. With the first color, instruct the students to write words that describe what they see around the picture (colors, shapes, body parts, size/ race/ gender of models, words).
3. Now, instruct the students to discuss what the advertisement is really telling you. What is the message or image the company wants you to see? Read between the lines of the "right there" observations and record those insights with the second color around the first observations.
4. Use the posters to guide a whole-class discussion of how persuasion is used in media advertisements. Are these persuasion methods effective?
5. As a possible follow-up, have students write a persuasive piece from the POV of the advertisement. If it could speak to you, what kind of words, phrases, and voice would it use to tell you about the product?