Public Service Announcements(PSAs)

What is a PSA?

Some examples of PSAs

What makes a good PSA?Let’s talk about the features of a PSA:

Celebrity?

Message?

Images?

Music?

Tone?

3 Essential Parts of a good PSAPROBLEM

Tell what your issue/problem is (the reason for your PSA)

PERSUASIONMake your audience care about the problem

Educate them with facts (statistics) Appeal to emotions

SOLUTIONTell your audience what they can do to help

Be concrete and specific!

4 Options for your PSAGlogster Poster

must contain images, audio, and textFlip Video “TV commercial” edited w/

Moviemakeredited film must include titles, rolling credits, and be

based on an approved scriptAudacity "Radio spot"

must include music/sound effects, as well as spoken text from an approved script

PhotoStorymust include music, spoken text and appropriate

images

Your PSAYou will create a 30-60 second PSA about

your animal, why it is threatened, and what people can do to help.

TODAY, YOU WILL: STEP 1: Pair up with the person who is

researching the same animal for the endangered species project.

STEP 2: Choose which of the 4 options you will use to create your PSA.

STEP 3: Start filling out your worksheet.