| Grade Level | System Requirement | Product Number |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3-6 | Apple 128K | A337 |
| There’s going to be a garage sale in the neighborhood and it’s just for kids! Here’s your students’ chance to sell the collections and treasures that were once their prized possessions. Find the best treasure to sell. Conduct market research. Advertise your treasures. With Treasures for Sale, kids explore advertising as a form of persuasive writing. | ||
Introduction
The Treasures for Sale™ language arts program is designed to engage students in creating an advertisement for a “personal treasure” they will sell at a neighborhood garage sale. Students search for the possessions they will sell, conduct interviews with neighborhood children to gain valuable market-research information, and create an advertisement by selecting from a variety of propaganda strategies.
Curriculum Area: Language arts
Subject: Advertising
Topic: Propaganda strategies
Grade Range: 3-6
Program Type: Discovery-learning
Required Hardware: Apple II series computer with 128K RAM; color monitor recommended but not required
Classroom Use: Individual students or small groups
Learning Objectives:
- explore the relationship among product, research, and advertising
- explore the relationship between research and the market potential of a product
- recognize and use various types of propaganda
- explore propaganda strategies to increase product appeal
- explore the importance of visual appeal, readers’ bias, and word choice in advertising
- use persuasion to convince an audience
Manual
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