Common Sense Project

Common Sense Project

overview

RUBRIC

guidelines

public service announcement

Advertisement Poster

pamphlet

political cartoon

poem, song, or rap

Project Rubric

Advertisement poster

Use the information from your research to create an advertisement poster that will inform people about your cause and persuade them to join you. Your poster must include:

• a catchy slogan
• a clear, impactful message; strong impactful arguments and/or appeals to emotions/logic
• elements that inspire interest and support for the cause
• illustrations created by you
• must use color

A brief written explanation of your cause, the reason you chose it (meaning why it is important to you), and the sources you used to research it must be written on binder paper or typed and printed and attached to the back of your poster.

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political cartoon

Create a political cartoon that has a clear, impactful message and uses strong impactful arguments and/or appeals to emotions/logic. Its purpose is to inform others about your cause and persuade them to join you. Your cartoon must:

• include at least one or two cells
• be drawn by you
• be in color or black and white
• have a caption and/or dialogue for each cell
• be drawn on drawing paper

A brief written explanation of your cause, the reason you chose it (meaning why it is important to you)and the sources you used to research it must be written or typed on a separate sheet of paper and attached to your cartoon.

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pamphlet

Use information from your research to create a pamphlet that will inform people about your cause and persuade them to join you. The pamphlet must be done by hand, though you may include a couple of cut-outs. It must include:

• a catchy title
• artwork on ALL pages
• use of color
• a clear, impactful message; strong impactful arguments and/or appeals to emotions/logic
• elements that inspire interest and support for the cause

A brief written explanation of your cause, the reason you chose it (meaning why it is important to you), and the sources you used to research it must be written on binder paper or typed and printed and attached to your pamphlet.

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public service announcement

Use the information from your research to create a public service announcement that will inform people about your cause and persuade them to join you. This can be a video or a speech. You must:

• include a clear, impactful message; strong impactful arguments and/or appeals to emotions/logic

• make eye contact with the camera or the audience
• speak clearly and with expression that shows great interest in the cause
• speech: must include slideshow for presentation, 1-3 slides

A brief written explanation of your cause, the reason you chose it (meaning why it is important to you) and the sources you used to research it must be written on a separate sheet of paper and handed in with your video or speech.

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Poem, Song, or Rap

Write a poem, song or rap that has a clear, impactful message and uses strong impactful arguments and/or appeals to emotions. Your piece should send a message that informs people about your cause and persuades them to join it. You may write it on paper or video record it. Paper option:

• may not use binder paper
• writing must be legible, can try being creative
• must include an illustration drawn by you

Video option:

• make eye contact with the camera
• speak clearly
• may include background music

A brief written explanation of your cause, the reason you chose it (meaning why it is important to you) and the sources you used to research it must be written on a separate sheet of paper and attached to the paper or turned in with your video.

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