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LESSON 10: What To Do? PSA Posters

This lesson teaches students to create public service posters with suggestions for productive activities to do other than watching TV or playing video games. Students will work in teams to brainstorm activity ideas, examine examples of effective posters, and design their own poster following specific criteria. The posters will be displayed to provide ideas for constructive pursuits. The goals are for students to communicate a clear message through visual design and promote healthy behaviors.

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LESSON 10: What To Do? PSA Posters

This lesson teaches students to create public service posters with suggestions for productive activities to do other than watching TV or playing video games. Students will work in teams to brainstorm activity ideas, examine examples of effective posters, and design their own poster following specific criteria. The posters will be displayed to provide ideas for constructive pursuits. The goals are for students to communicate a clear message through visual design and promote healthy behaviors.

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LESSON 10: What to Do?

PSA Posters

LESSON DESCRIPTION: Students will work in teams to develop public service posters of
activities to do when you are not watching TV or playing video games. Students will gather
and examine elements of an informational poster to learn about what makes a good poster.
They will brainstorm lists of different kinds of activities and then use the ideas to create high
quality posters. Students can display the posters in their school or elementary schools. Have
students go on a gallery walk for ideas.

FOCUS QUESTIONS: What are activities that students can take part in that are
productive, healthy and fun? How does design affect a message?

OBJECTIVES: Students will:


 create a visual public service poster.
 set a purpose, consider audience and develop focused ideas for a specific purpose.
 exhibit personal style, voice and design to enhance the written informational content.

Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-


on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade level topics, texts, and
issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.1 Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats


(e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue
under study.

LENGTH OF LESSON: This lesson will take between one and two periods.

MATERIALS NEEDED:
 Several effective informational posters (students could bring examples – Appendix has
sample posters from CDC.
 7 – 8 pieces of chart paper (number = class size ÷ 4)
 Same number of markers, each a different color
 Poster making supplies

Teacher’s Note: Students respond well to this lesson and comment that it helps them
during the turnoff week. Programs designed to increase physical activities have found that
having students brainstorm activities is highly effective in increasing physical activities and
decreasing sedentary behaviors including excessive media viewing.
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PROCEDURE:

Activity 10.1: Students will define elements of a good poster.

1. Tell Students: Public Service Advertising (PSAs) are messages in the public interest,
which are on television, radio, print or other media. The purpose of commercial
advertising is to market a product or service, PSAs are messages that benefit the public
by raising awareness of an issue, influencing attitudes or actions for the good. The
media time and space is provided for free. The http://www.psaresearch.com website
has good information on how to make great PSAs.

2. Display several informational posters in the room. Make sure some are Public Service
Announcement (PSA) posters. We’ve attached copies of PSA posters.

3. Tell Students: On a slip of paper, write one thing about the poster that makes it an
effective way to communicate. Put the slip in a box with everyone else’s.

4. One by one, draw the slips and write the element on the board. In a class discussion
refine this list until you have a manageable number, such as five. Students should copy
this list as the required elements of the poster they will be making.

Teacher’s Note: It is important to give students adequate time to brainstorm ideas. Some
groups may need longer than others. You may want to increase motivation by having a
contest for the best posters.

Activity 10.2: Students will brainstorm lists of activities

1. Do a classroom carousel. On each of the chart papers, write one category of activity at the
top. Examples include: outside activities, by yourself, helping others in your family, to do
with friends, to do with family, helping others in your community, things kids did before TV.

2. Divide class into groups of four and give each group a colored marker. Have each group
go to one of the charts. In one minute, the group should write three activities for the
category.

3. When th9 teacher calls “Switch”, groups should take their marker to the next chart and write
three activities without repeating. Allow a slightly longer time with each successive chart,
but still keep students working fast.

4. When the groups are back to their starting point, stop. Have one person in the group read
the list of possible activities on the chart as fast and clearly as they can. If you have 32
students there will be 24 ideas on each chart times 8 charts - a lot of ideas!

Activity 10.3: Student teams will create a poster

1. Show students the poster materials or assign this for homework. Remind students of the
required elements and give them a Poster Rubric to remind them about quality. (Two
examples are included.)

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2. Explain the judging and prizes, if you are doing this. Posters will be put up in the hall and
judged.

Activity 10.4: Gallery walk for ideas

1. Put all of the posters up in the hallway including posters from other classes. Have one of
the judges award the prizes.

2. Have students go on a gallery walk. Ask them to find two things to do. Encourage students
to find things to do together. Back in the classroom, ask a few students to share what they
want to do.

3. Repeat this each week during the Screen-Free Challenge and budget weeks, especially
before the weekends when they will have a lot of time to fill.

ASSESSMENT: See the attached Poster Rubric.

Purpose
The purpose of the poster is clearly accomplished.
Drawings and Illustrations
All illustrations, photographs, and drawings add to
the purpose and interest of the poster.
Mechanics (C-U-P-S)
There are no errors in capitalization, usage,
punctuation, or spelling.
Layout and Design
The overall organization, design, use of color, and
use of space help to make the poster interesting
and to communicate the message.
Creativity
The poster is highly original and creative.
Neat and Presentable
The poster is very neat and presentable.

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