DEFINITION:
It’s often been said that the world gets smaller every day.  In order to appreciate the present and plan for the future, we must understand the past.  Many people made a difference throughout history.  You have the opportunity and the potential to make a difference in the future.  Maybe you never thought about that.  Maybe you know someone who has made a difference in your life.

GOAL:
The goal of this project is to study a person who has changed the world.  Be the advocate/public relations manager for your person.  Create a public service announcement between 1-2 minutes highlighting the major accomplishments of your person, explaining how the difference he or she made impacts us today in our daily lives in the 21st Century.

REQUIREMENTS:

1. Students will work in pairs for this project and split the work accordingly.
2. Students will use Microsoft Word to take notes, using a Note-taking sheet (organizer) created by the teacher.
3. Students will save their notes to the specified network location and name their file accordingly.
4. Students will use specified resources for research including Nettrekker, World Book Online and the search engine, Sweet Search.
5. Students will use R-A-D-C-A-B to evaluate websites for relevancy, appropriateness, detail, currency, authority and bias.
6. Students will create a Works Cited using Microsoft Word.
7. Students will write the public service announcement (not less than 1 minute and not more than 2 minutes) in Microsoft Word and utilize correct grammar and spelling.
8. Students will use correct presentation skills when recording their PSA’s, including making eye contact with audience; speaking in a loud, clear voice; demonstrating ‘ownership’ of the person and dressing appropriately.
9. Students will record the “PSA” using the Flip cameras with each one being recorded and recording.

NOTETAKING/CHECKLIST/TIMELINE (Guiding Questions and Checklist)

ASSESSMENT (process and product)

1. Self assessment
2. Audience assessment