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Interactive Google Slides "Media and Body Image"
I have created this wonderful interactive informative activity that students can easily navigate! Slides are "GEN-Z" approved! It's up to you! Use this resource as an asynchronous self-taught lesson/assignment. OR incorporate this as an activity/assignment along side your lesson!
In the American culture substantial exposure to media messages is the norm. Children, teenagers, and adults easily spend multiple hours a day scrolling through their social media platforms, reading about the latest trends, or watching pop culture news. While a push for size acceptance through the Body Positivity Movement has challenged how society views body's of all shapes and sizes, the American culture still has an obsession with thinness being the only measure of beauty. This has negative effects on an individual's physical and mental wellness. Specifically, falling into the trap of believing that only thin equates to beauty, can greatly affect your body image and sense of worth. According to the National Eating Disorder Collaboration, body image is "a combination of the thoughts and feelings that you have about your body." As new trends and ideas of what is attractive spread through the media, American's are quick to judge themselves or compare themselves to unrealistic body standards.
Assignment Goal:
This is a simple, clear, and direct assignment that aims to inform students of the impact of the messages that media pushes onto people. In this assignment, students will research and gather information on how media influences body image. Students will then answer a series of questions to help guide their research (all articles and external resources are linked within the lesson). Lastly, students are instructed to create an advertisement that illustrates the dangers of media on teens' body image. Instructions included.
What You Get When You Buy
Media and Body Image "Ticket" that includes the following:
Force Copy Link to: Media and Body Image Google Slides Activity
CANVA Template Link to Edit / Personalize
What's Included
A total of 13 Slides, 2 Embedded Videos, 3 Linked Articles, + Advertisement Examples!
Slide 1 - The assignment title page with instructions along the margins to help students navigate the Google Slides. Fun design that gets student's attention!
Slide 2 - Students are prompted to watch an informative video about The Unrealistic Toxic Beauty Standards. The video is embedded directly into the presentation.
Slide 3 - Students are asked about how much time they spend on social media, watching television or movies, and playing games. Instructions on how to view their exact media usage on their smart phones is linked.
Slide 4 - Students are asked a question about the images, influencers, and actors that are shown in the media on a daily basis. They are asked to reflect on why too much exposure to the media can be harmful to one's health.
Slide 5 - Students are asked about how much media influences them, their decisions, purchases, and appearance.
Slide 6 - Students are prompted to read about stereotypes in the media.
Slide 7 - Students are instructed to answer 2 questions about what the stereotypes in the media.
Slides 8-9: Students are instructed to watch the Toys and Body Image video (linked), consider the toys that they have played with, then respond to a question about how toys impact body image.
Slides 10-11:- Students are instructed to read, review, and reflect. Students are to click onto the 3 linked articles about native advertising and Instagram paid endorsements. Then they are asked follow-up and reflective questions about what they read.
Slide 12: Students are asked to reflect upon all of the information they just learned about and describe how this new knowledge will be helpful for them.
Slide 13: Students are assigned a new task. Taping into higher thinking skills, students are asked to create (level 6), an advertisement that illustrates the dangers of media on teens' body image. They are playing the role of an ethical artist and their art will be a face of a campaign the promotes body positivity. Students are instructed to get creative! A variety of advertisement formats may be submitted (poster, collage, digital art, drawing...etc.) Students are also instructed to submit a 6-8 sentence paragraph explaining the meaning and message behind their art.
Examples of student advertisement submissions are included and linked for students to view!
* Note - Assignment can be shared as a "force copy". This will allow students to have their own copy. Simply edit the URL on your copy by replacing the word "edit" with "copy". Open the new URL with the word "copy", and share that link with students.
*Assignment can also be downloaded as a PPT to share with students who do not have Google account access.
California State Standards Addressed:
2.1.N Describe the influence of culture and media on body image.
2.2.N Evaluate internal and external influences on food choices.
2.5.N Analyze the impact of various influences, including the environment, on eating habits and attitudes toward weight management.
