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The Face of Cereal: Using Cartoon Characters to Persuade Children



This is a media literacy and critical thinking activity in which students decode cereal packages for messages about health and advertising.

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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Health, Commercial Arts/Advertising, General Media Literacy, Library/Information Literacy, ELA/English Language Arts

Grade Level(s)

Lower Elementary

Media Type(s)

Illustration, Print Advertisement

Author(s)

Cyndy Scheibe, Hannah Gordon, Gabriel Zall

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