Activity Introduction
New ideas aren’t much good if no one knows about them. To get your sustainability message out there, you need to create an exciting advertisement that grabs your audience, makes them pay attention, and sticks in their mind for a long time afterwards. Use the ads that most effectively influence you in real life as inspiration for your own ad that convinces people to live sustainably.
This is a good activity for kids to complete independently.
Ideal for: Upper Primary Ages 10 – 12
Themes:
- be creative
- make some noise
- think and connect
Time required: 40 minutes
Curriculum connections: Visual Arts, Drama, English, Economics and Business, Critical and Creative Thinking, Sustainability
In the modern age, kids are bombarded with specifically targeted ads on TV and via social media. Kids may not be aware of just how powerful advertising can be at convincing them to want something. This is a great conversation starter to have with your kid/s to discuss how peer pressure and social influences can cause them to act a certain way or want certain things, such as toys and brand-name items. Get them to reflect on what they might actually like and what they are just being told to like.
By naming, analysing and employing persuasive tactics in their own ads (such as cool music, exciting graphics and buzz words) kids will be more aware of how and when they are being subtly influenced by companies interested in getting them to spend money. You might like to chat to your kids about what it is about certain ads that gets their attention or makes them excited. Is it a particular colour, idea, word or a combination of multiple things that grabs them?
Curriculum codes:
- Year 5: ACHASSK121, ACELY1700, ACELY1703, ACELY1707, ACSSU043, ACELA1504, ACELA1505, ACELA1797, ACELA1508, ACELA1512, ACELY1698, ACELY1699, ACELY1704
- Year 6: ACHASSK149, ACHASSK150, ACELY1710, ACELY1713, ACELY1717, ACSSU094, ACELA1517, ACELA1518, ACELA1522, ACELA1523, ACELA1525, ACELY1714
- Year 5 & 6: ACAVAM114, ACAVAM115, ACAVAM116
Complete lesson for classroom teachers:
Selling Sustainablity – Years 5 & 6
- Art supplies: Coloured pencils, pens, paint, coloured paper, glue, scissors
- Camera
- iPad
- White paper
- Writing pen or pencil
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