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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.

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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Commercial Arts/Advertising, Consumer Education, Environmental Studies, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy

Grade Level(s)

Upper Elementary, Middle School

Media Type(s)

Television Commercial, Web Video

Author(s)

Brian Goodman & Sox Sperry

View Standards

Resource Standard Common Core ELA Strand
Reading: Informational text (RI)