Stop Targeting Kids

Marilyn Fraley
Technology Lesson Plans
Intended Grade Level: 6

Technology Standards:

Use content-specific tools, software, and simulations (e.g., environmental probes, graphing calculators, exploratory environments, Web tools) to support learning and research. (3, 5)

Apply productivity/multimedia tools and peripherals to support personal productivity, group collaboration, and learning throughout the curriculum. (3, 6)

Design, develop, publish, and present products (e.g., Web pages, videotapes) using technology resources that demonstrate and communicate curriculum concepts to audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5, 6)

Collaborate with peers, experts, and others using telecommunications and collaborative tools to investigate curriculum-related problems, issues, and information, and to develop solutions or products for audiences inside and outside the classroom. (4, 5)

Research and evaluate the accuracy, relevance, appropriateness, comprehensiveness, and bias of electronic information sources concerning real-world problems. (2, 5, 6)

Objectives:

Students will evaluate two sites on smoking and tobacco using a form designed for that purpose.

Students will research the effects of smoking using Internet Kids search engines.

Students will write a story board within heterogeneous groups outlining their plans for a video portraying the information they found. This will be a commercial to the tobacco companies to stop targeting children with their product. This could be done using Power Point as well.

Evaluation:

The final product will be evaluated using rubrics (individual and group).