Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Afterreadingamemoirandnonfictiontextsrelatedtoasocietalissue,collaboratewithyourbookclubgroup
tocreateapublicserviceannouncementrelatedtothatissue.Recallwhatyouvelearnedaboutvarious
publicserviceannouncementsandrememberthatthegoalistoraiseawarenessorchangethepublics
perceptionaboutasocialissue.PSAsfrequentlytargetaspecificgroupofpeople(basedonage,gender,
etc.)
YourPSAcanbeanyofthefollowing:
amockbillboardad(poster)
a3060secondcommercialspot
amagazineadvertisement
Ifyourgroupissoinclined,youmaycreatemorethanonePSAaspartofaunifiedpublicservice
announcementcampaign.Thinkofthecampaignsweveexaminedinclass.RememberthatPSA
campaignsaretiedtogetherwithcommonphrasesandimages.
Rubric
NotYet
MeetsStandards
ExceedsStandards
Create
___ThePSAuses
originalideasto
communicatea
messageaboutasocial
issue
___ThePSAusesunique
andoriginaltechniquesto
clearlyconveyaprovocative
messageaboutasocial
issue
Communicate
___Themessageis
clearlycommunicated
throughthePSA
___Themessageisclearly
communicatedthroughthe
PSA
___Themessagethatis
communicatedis
understandableand
accessibletothegroup
targetedbythePSA
Argue
___Themessagemay
convincesomeviewers
ofthePSA
___Themessageis
provocative,evokesemotion,
andisconvincingtoviewers
ofthePSA
Collaborate
___Allmembersof
groupplayanactiverole
inthecreationofthe
PSA
___Allmembersofgroup
playmorethananactiverole
inthecreationofthe
PSAgroupmembersbuild
offoneanothersideasand
contributemeaningfulideas
andsuggestionstothe
PSA/campaign