Assessment+Examples



**T **here are numerous ways that children are able to demonstrate their understanding of the media issue. One way we've chosen to explore is through an iMovie. In the example below children have created an iMovie displaying healthy alternatives to fast food as well as highlighted techniques and tools used by advertisers in today's day and age.

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Take a closer look at the 3 products below.

//The children in each group used subtle advertising techniques in their posters. Some comments that the children made were:// //"We used red for the background colour as a lot of different places (fast food) had red. We think this could be because red is a bright colour that you can see anywhere."//

//"I put Sonny Bill on ours because he's famous and kids love him."//

//"The others put boy things on theirs and we needed pretty things so girls would like it."//

//"A medal could be telling kids they're like winners if they eat it."//

//"We used words from Goldilocks that people would know, like "Just Right"."//



I n addition to producing and critiquing advertisements students were asked, based on what they had learned about the ﻿influence of advertising, what their opinions about the issue were

Do you think junk food adverts help to make people fat?



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References: //Cartoon Girl.// (Clip Art). (n.d.). Retrieved on May18th, 2011, from []