Minds On

Images… with a message?

Student Success

Think-Pair-Share

If possible, with a partner examine the images and video below. For each one, notice how you feel while viewing it.

Is there a message in each image? If so, what do you think it is?

Note to teachers: See your teacher guide for collaboration tools, ideas and suggestions.

Source: Screengrab of Minion toys from McDonald’s - Happy Meal and the Minions, McDonalds Arabia, McDonalds Corporation, URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5Se4ez9sgM, Published 09/09/2013, Accessed 18/01/2021.

How does this image make you feel?

Source: 4Minion holding GoGurt product: Screenshot from GoGurt TV Commercial, 'Despicable Me 2,' Mindshare , General Mills Inc., URL: https://www.ispot.tv/ad/7nGI/gogurt-despicable-me-2, Published 2013, Accessed 08/12/2020.

Now that you have examined the images, how did they make you feel? What is the message? Who do you think they were made for (kids, parents, teachers, grandparents)?

Do you know what these types of images are called? They are called advertisements.