Food Advertisements

6th – 8th Grade

Learning + Food Objectives:
Students will learn how food behaviors are influenced by external and internal factors by creating a flyer to persuade others to make a more informed food choice.

Common Core Standards:
Common Core English Language Arts

Short Research Project using Food Advertisements

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6-8.7
Conduct short research projects to answer a question (including a self-generated question), drawing on several sources and generating additional related, focused questions that allow for multiple avenues of exploration.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6-8.2
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.

Lesson written in partnership with the Urban School Food Alliance.