Throwaway Culture: To Buy or to Reuse?
This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode web videos and commercials for messages about buying disposable products vs. reusing and reducing waste.
Throwaway Culture: To Buy or to Reuse?
Throwaway Culture: To Buy Or To Reuse? Activity Plan
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Relevant Subject Area(s)
Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information LiteracyGrade Level(s)
Upper Elementary, Middle SchoolMedia Type(s)
Television Commercial, Web VideoAuthor(s)
Brian Goodman & Sox SperryView Standards
Resource Standard Common Core ELA StrandReading: Informational text (RI)