Description:
- understand the influences of the media in defining society’s standards regarding who is successful and what is desirable
- understand the transience and superficiality of media images and messages regarding who and what is cool
- understand how they themselves are influenced by these media images and messages Materials:
Grade: Primary Cycle 3
Time: 90 min
- Large roll of paper, markers, paint
- 2 boxes of Smarties
- Photocopy Anatomy of Cool Questionnaire and Kids World Survey Results
- Students collect photographs of their favorite celebrities(rock stars, movie stars, athletes, models…)
- Students bring in photos of themselves
http://mediasmarts.ca/lessonplan/anatomy-cool-lesson – Resource (includes pdf lesson)