School: Harvey High School

Date: Marchz4,2015

Teachers: Miss J. Nason

Grade: 6E Health
Lesson Map

Title of Lesson: The Effect of Media on Body Image

Curriculum Outcome:
C2) explain the use and misuse of substances which claim to assist weight loss or body
buildine
Assessment:
Class Objectives: Big Ideas, Key
Questions:
Where do w-e see these media advertisements?
Does it have to be blatantly advertising weight
loss drugs?
What can be done to help promote positive body
image? And possibly decrease issues with
misusing these Wpes of drugs?

Formative:
Observation

Participation
Summative:

Final project
Participation and work

Time Required for this Lesson: 60 minutes (one class)

Feafures:
Text/Audio/Video Based

Vocabulary:

Resources:
PowerPoint

Instructional Strategies/ Procedure for the Class:

IntrolWarm-up: Quick discussion about what was talked about last week. A bit of a refresher on what
we covered and how it will tie in with today's lesson.
Time: lA minutes max.

Knowledge Content/Activities: Going through a PowerPoint looking at some direct advertisements that
promote weight loss pills and advertisements that promote bulking up. Discussing why these ads could
be problematic for people. The language that they use and more. Once this had been discussed in detail
ask students if advertisements are also so blatant in promoting certain body images. This can bring up a
discussion about photo shop and how they change celebrity's appearances and we can go through the
rest of the PowerPoint and discuss the changes they notice in the photos.
Time:30 minules

Activities: In groups I want them to discuss what we can do to promote positive body images. And then
come back together as group to discuss them.
Time:10 minutes

Close: Talk about our ideas for how to create a more positive body image and then discuss the project
we rvill begin next class which will be to create posters promoting a positive body image. Be sure to
think about for next class. We will review what we talked about and then we will get into groups when
we have class next.
Time:5-10 minutes

Differentiation: Discussion based, not really any wrong answers. Small group discussions in
case certain students are uncomfortable talking in the larger group.

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PowerPoint Guide:
Slide 1 & 2: Weight loss promotions for men and women.

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On a sheet of looseleaf uT ite down what you notice about the female targeted ads and the male targeted
ads. (individual activity)

Get into groups at table and quickly discuss the ads and what they are promoting. How could this impact
people's body image?

Slide 3:

Are weight loss products the only places you see ads that promote a certain body image?
o Group answer

Slide 4:

Why is Photoshop gsing used on images so problematic?

o Discuss in small group
o Come back and discuss as whole class

Slide 5:

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They have darkened everything, defined muscles (the darkening probably helped to do that)
If it's an ad they may be selling jeans based on the image. So why Photoshop it to that extent?
So ads Photoshop their models but do celebrities and other people get photos shopped?

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Actually removing an identifying mark of George Clooney- his grey hair.

Gave Matthew McFadden a clear @rfecQ complexion, possibly namowed his nose.
These photos were probably in magazines or were headshots.

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How would the proactive ads effect body image? How does it tie in?
o Discuss in groups
They are too psrfect. They take everything not just pimples, lighten and brighten.

Slide 8:

Some celebrities like Lorde are brinqing up the perfection standards of the media by comparing photo
shopped and original photos ofherself.

Slide 9: Magazine Cover

They evenphotoshoppedthe babyl

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Another magazine cover- slimmed Lawrence down, smoothed the dress

Probably went tlrough hours of makeup but the photo was still retouched.
Now even celebrities are retouching their own images before they post them.
Why would they be doing this?
What are these ads saying to the general population?
o Discuss in small goups and then as a whole group.
This leads to the questioa: What can be done in the media to promote a more positive body image?