Linda wrote:
In order to cover propaganda techniques, research, and media, I created the "Cookie Selling Lesson". Students study propaganda techniques in print advertising, TV, and radio. They then create a cookie and name it based upon market research of their class. They create a print ad, a radio ad, and a TV ad for it. They present these to the class, and (here's the part the kids love) they sell it. The kids actually make the cookies. Each student gets 5 "Haskell" dollars to spend. Each cookie costs a dollar. The other students select the cookie by the ads. The cookies themselves are hidden away in containers. Once purchased, they receive and can eat the cookie. Each student keeps tack of how many they have sold and each student fills out a survey slip about whether they would be a repeat buyer or not. Pam writes: I gotta ask, what is your district or school's policy about kids making food and bringing it into school??Or did you take over the home ec. room and have the kids bake??My district won't allow any home made items to be brought in & with money such a concern in my school, I don't think I'd get too good of participation if I had the kids bring in store bought. Having said all that, I LOVE this idea.?How well do you think it would go over if we did it all except make & eat the cookies??They could still spend $5 cougar paws on the cookies' ads that most appeal to them.?(I know that most middle school kids would mug their granny for food, so kinda a bummer.?Unless I can swap rooms with the home ec teacher for the day...hmmm....). Pam/6th Gr./FL ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
