Fantasy & Reality
This lesson explores how media blurs the boundaries between fantasy and reality. Students deconstruct a Lego advertisement for fantasy elements, analyse the McDonald's Big Mac Makeover video to understand how food advertising manipulates reality, examine the nature of reality television using The Biggest Loser as a case study, and begin exploring what it means to set boundaries online.
Learning Outcomes
Outcome 1:
Define and recognise some characteristics of reality television.
Outcome 2:
Identify the difference between reality and fantasy in various types of media.
Outcome 3:
See the untold stories when watching reality television.
Outcome 4:
Define and understand what it means to set a boundary in relation to online.
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