Did I? Sheets for Project Broadsides & Public Service Announcement


Project Broadsides: Single-sheet notices/announcements printed on one or both sides, intended to be read unfolded. (Check this web site for exemplars of Broadsides.)


Key Question: How can the 21st century meet the 19th century in news & advertising?

Learning Standards:

  • Identify & employ reference materials, including primary source documents & information technologies.
  • Employ the arts to communicate beliefs.
  • Explore career options in new media & technology.

Task Description: Plan and prepare Broadsides using data and evidence gathered from research while exploring career related tasks.
DID Broadsides creators …? (Check only those completed & observable)

Content
_____ Relate to the key question?

_____ Use data/evidence to collect Broadsides information?

_____ Employ the arts to communicate beliefs?

Format
_____ Draw or acquire digitally visuals to be seen?

_____ Include varied stories presenting Millennium Park news with 19th century flourish?

_____ Solicit advertising for the sheet?

_____ Include masthead, headlines, image captions & cutlines?

Process
_____ Express a target audience for the Broadsides?

_____ Capture a sense of purpose for the Broadsides?

_____ Demonstrate exploration of career options in journalism & technology, i.e. writer, artist, designer, advertiser, etc.

Rubric:
4=excellent - Broadsides meets at least 10 out of 10 criteria.
3=good - Broadsides meets at least 8 out of 10 criteria.
2=acceptable - Broadsides meets at least 6 out of 10 criteria.
1=unacceptable- Broadsides meets less than 5 out of 10 criteria.
0= not done or missing more than 2 of the criteria.


Project: Public Service Announcement (PSA)

Key Question: How can responsible citizens use New Media to create a strong, persuasive message that addresses a topic/issue of concern to a teenage audience.

Learning Standards:

  • Identify & employ reference materials, including primary source documents & information technologies.
  • Employ the arts to communicate beliefs.
  • Explore career options in new media, science and technology.

Task Description: Plan and prepare a PSA storyboard for WRHS TV-3 on the use of Millennium Park & its surrounding area of Brook Farm as a Living Laboratory for West Roxbury High School studies.
DID PSA storyboard creator …? (Check only those completed & observable)

Content
_____ Relate to the key question?

_____ Use data/evidence to drive the PSA storyboard information?

_____ Employ the arts to communicate beliefs?

Format
_____ Draw or sketch the visual shots to be seen?

_____ Number the shots in the order they appear?

_____ Match an audio track to match each frame of video?

_____ Time the video to be a thirty-second spot?

Process
_____ Express a target audience for the PSA?

_____ Capture a sense of purpose for the PSA storyboard?

_____ Demonstrate exploration of career options in new media, science & technology, i.e. writer, artist, computer graphics designer, advertiser, etc.

Rubric:
4=excellent - Broadsides meets at least 10 out of 10 criteria.
3=good - Broadsides meets at least 8 out of 10 criteria.
2=acceptable - Broadsides meets at least 6 out of 10 criteria.
1=unacceptable- Broadsides meets less than 5 out of 10 criteria.
0= not done or missing more than 2 of the criteria.


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