IMPLEMENTATION DISCUSSION Making an impact on the Media / 343 overtly or subtly, Each group pict it Pn, on dca © dramatize in a new way. (Check to se that each §using the same product, bor cae emeML) Ask the children to create an advertisement, Get together nt cept with seript that does not put down any groups of people. discrimination, and the ene Ze¥iew what you have leamed so far about stereotypes, ter equality and ane seg gaits.” Develop guidelines for television advertisements that fos: Scripts, Aner ele 2ot Stereotypical. Small groups may then make modifications in their scrips. rearsal, each group performs its advertisement for the class. Then discuss, Another version is to have the class brainstorm on new products that people truly feed, not luxury items, as they might be advertised on TV. Instead of rehearsing these, have students volunteer to act out advertisements in an impromptu manner. 1. How easy or difficult was the process of thinking of stereotypical advertisements? Could you think of only a few? Many? Why? 2. What sorts of products seem to have advertisements that are most stereotypical? Were some advertisements bad in several of these ways? How well did your group work together? Describe the process of developing ideas and deciding on them. 4, In what specific ways was it easy to come up with advertisements that fostered equal- ity? In what ways was it hard? 5. Was it harder to redesign the advertisements for some products than others? What reasons can you give for this? 6. How hard was it to create new products? How did you feel about the products the class created?