Why Do I Want GRADE LESSON

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Why Do I Want
That So Much? – Handout # 2
GRADE 6 LESSON 3
(Log of advertisements, peer influences, and the media)
Directions: You will log advertisements, and peer and media influences. Pay attention to things that could
influence your budget this week. Tally up “budget busters” and indicate why they were influential and what
options you might have in lieu of the “budget buster” item.
Day of the Week
Was Ad/Peer
Effective?
(Yes or No)
Why or Why Not? (Why did the ad
make you want it, or why did the ad
make you not want or care about it?)
What are your other options?
(List substitutes for item(s) or
considerations you made to
reach an alternative decision.)
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Advertisements are not just on TV. Name two other places you may have seen or heard about a product or service
this week. (i.e. radio, movies, billboards, internet, back of a cereal Box, a magazine, clothing logos (i.e. shirts and
shoes)
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
For Further Thought:
1
2
3
What items were advertised during the student's television viewing activity?
Have they purchased products (or asked others to buy products for them)
advertised on the TV?
What factors motivated them to buy the product?
Author: Kelly Mordecki (Kanawha County Schools)
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