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[|Ontario Outcome Chart: Language - Grade 1] 1. [|Eating Under the Rainbow] Studies have found that fast-food ads dominate children’s programming. 2. [|Looking at Food Advertising:] This lesson introduces students to the ways in which advertising can affect their food choices. 3. [|Packaging Tricks:] This lesson introduces students to the ways in which packaging is designed to attract kids. 4. [|Favourite Sports and Athletes: An Introduction to Sports Media] This lesson develops a beginning awareness by students of how they feel towards, and respond to, different sports, and how the media represents athletics. 5. [|Teaching TV: Critically Evaluating TV] This lesson is one of a five-part unit that provides teachers with ideas for teaching TV in the elementary classroom. 6. In all there are [|11 good lessons available on Teaching Critical TV Viewing.] 7. Media awareness involves a multitude of areas. There seems to be a focus on television.