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Life SkillsMoney & FinanceAges 7–13

Advertising & Spending

How advertising tries to influence what we buy; being a critical consumer; understanding 'value for money'; the difference between emotional and rational spending

Lesson

Set out your lesson

Notice persuasion and compare an offer using evidence.

Before teaching

Use this short check, then start teaching.

Activity

Comfort with the particular task and communication mode; optional oral/scribed work is recorded separately.

Policy

Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.

Printer, credit, and teaching notes

Check the learner can access these words/materials and prerequisite ideas; historical authorship is not readiness or mastery. If not, demonstrate briefly or revisit the named prerequisite.

Read the invented advert. It is not a real product recommendation and needs no purchase. No printer: view only the active learner card on screen, or an adult copies its exact prompts onto plain paper without answers. Oral pointing/dictation is an access option; record it as adapted/supported and do not claim handwriting from it. Keep adult keys/scripts separate; supply only the current stage.

Use the complete materials on screen or print only the current sheet. Keep adult guidance out of learner view.

Next: Show

Adult extras
Teaching limits and safe use

These are finite task opportunities, not proof of mastery. Record what was attempted and what support was used.

  • Real-advert recognition and personal experience clauses remain conditional; no actual advert or consumer efficacy claim.

Use fictional cases and invented identifiers; never record personal conflicts, health, bank details or family spending. Adult prompts/keys are private companion files, never learner links.

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Family records and proof options

Keep a record of your learning

Save photos, notes, and attendance. Export a proof packet for compliance or portfolio reviews.

View learner plans ($12/mo per learner) See sample family archive

Learning resources

Extra practice links — they do not replace Gakuva’s teaching approach.

FTC Consumer Advice · Practice link — not the full lesson

How to avoid a scam

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Before you open · source notes

How to avoid a scam supports Advertising & Spending. An adult previews and guides; this is a learning page, not a scored quiz.

Free educational page, no sign-in required for the tested path.

Before you open

Ask the learner one fact they learned and one question they still have.

Opening this link does not save learning or assess mastery.

Source, access and review notes

Public FTC Consumer Advice page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt for this URL. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. An adult should preview and guide the learner.

FTC Consumer Advice. “How to avoid a scam.” External page; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute materials.

Unknown — link only

Check understanding

  • Spot at least two persuasion techniques in a real advert (bright colours, celebrity, special offer)
  • Explain what 'value for money' means and compare two similar products at different prices
  • Describe a time when advertising made them want something they didn't really need
“When your child sees an advert for a toy or game, can they recognise that the advert is trying to make them want to buy it?”

Curriculum record

Type
Conceptual
Subject
Life Skills
Domain
Money & Finance
Age range
Ages 7–13

Standards

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