Wise+Choices


 * Welcome to our unit home page for Term** 3.

This unit is about growing up. We all have to do it and changing is part of the deal! You know what I mean - the icky stuff that we'll be discussing in the Puberty Clues sessions.

It's also a lot more involved than that. Growing up is about emotional changes, social changes and physical development. It's about becoming more aware of your world, more aware of your own capabilities, more aware of other's judgement, of the need to belong, of the dangers of becoming isolated, of the worth of resilience and pathways to happiness.

It's about you standing on the doorstep of young adulthood and gaining an understanding of the society you're going to become an independent member of.

In amongst other things, we'll be looking at commercials of all kinds to see if we can comprehend the underlying message being sent to you by the brand, product or service on offer. How are they positioning themselves? How are they appealing to you? Are they speaking to you as you are, or are they getting you to imagine how you'd like to be with the benefit of their product? What does that say about our society? Is it a good thing?

Take a look at the sample commercials and ask yourself what the message is.

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A picture never lies? media type="youtube" key="IVWLL7qoZr4?rel=0" height="349" width="560" align="center"

Are you really worth it? media type="youtube" key="EfeVEAZkJqM?rel=0" height="349" width="560" align="center"

Can you be more of a man? media type="youtube" key="O_GbEIOpGhE?rel=0" height="349" width="560" align="center"

How to impress with prowess! media type="youtube" key="3T2valVXbpk?rel=0" height="510" width="853" align="center"

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