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 or logic
• elements that inspire interest and support for the cause
• illustrations created by you
• must use color

A 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 turned in with your poster.

political cartoon

Create a political cartoon that has a clear, impactful message and uses strong arguments and/or appeals to emotions or 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 (charcol, drawing pencil, or ink)
• have a caption and/or dialogue for each cell
• be drawn on drawing paper or poster board

A 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 turned in with your cartoon.

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 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 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 turned in with your video or speech.

Poem, Song, or Rap

Write a poem, song or rap that has a clear, impactful message and uses strong 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 (heavy drawing paper or small poster board)
• writing must be legible, can try being creative (calligraphy)
• must include an illustration drawn by you

Video option:

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

A 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 turned in with your project.