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1. EASE History: Campaign Ads

   Features more than 160 U.S. presidential campaign ads and 80 historical events from 1952-2004 in an interactive learning environment.

   http://edcomm1.educ.msu.edu/Easetrial/castream.asp

   
   

2. Be a Consumer Hero! Think Before You Spend

   Let students from St. Elizabeth's School in Ottawa, Canada teach you about International Buy Nothing Day. Learn how to tell whether you really need something or not!

   http://www3.sympatico.ca/dalia/buy0/buy0day.htm

   
   

3. Consumer Jungle

   Find out what it takes to survive in the consumer jungle and prepare for your future. Play games and learn about car loans, credit cards, how to stay safe on the Internet, and what it takes to live on your own.

   http://www.consumerjungle.org/

   
   

4. Don't Buy It

   Find out who decides what music is played on the radio. Learn more about the tricks advertisers use to persuade us to buy things. Get media smart!

   http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

   
   

5. Emergence of Advertising in America: 1850 - 1920

   Presents over 9,000 images with information. Includes a timeline and searchable database too.

   http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/eaa/

   
   

6. Just Think Foundation: Media Literacy Education

   This organization helps kids think seriously about the ads they see on TV and elsewhere in the media. Check out the Think and Play section to see what other kids think!

   http://www.justthink.org/

   
   

7. Medicine and Madison Avenue

   Look at health-related advertisements in newspapers and magazines and see how medicine advertising changed over the years. Read about medical discovery and disease.

   http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/mma/

   
   

8. Zillions Online

   This Consumer Reports site for kids lets you rate toys and rides, talk about fads, and have your say about things kids use!

   http://www.zillions.org/

   
   

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