Public service announcements or
ads (PSAs)
are messages in the public interest
disseminated free of charge by the media
with the
goal of altering public awareness, opinion,
or
behavior
regarding an issue affecting social welfare.
Professional Samples:
The Power of Literacy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83DO0POacCE
Wash Your Hands! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyzkJltb4sc&list=PL4A4C2E5A33EA925C
Change your words (1 min 48 sec.) http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Hzgzim5m7oU&vq=medium
Drunk Driving (1 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YynuuSKLzCs
Get kids moving (30 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXOswkMRLkc
Stop Bullying (1 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9v7eQVzvyI8
Take Control – Vote (57 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFvT1BQb-fs
Why Bother to Help? (1 min. 30 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqQjOjFlCx4
Malaria (1 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J_pSEXVH0c
Light Sabers-gun safety (50 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uoC_I-tcQlA
Stop labeling people (33 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifi-FeqOnvs
Stamp Out Hunger (30 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLTPhrEhxHg
Zombie PSA (1 min. 52 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGnyuBfhFBo
Muscular Dystrophy (1 min 51 sec.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi_U-wM4_1I
Emergency Preparedness on Campus: (1 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtMDVU67gg4
Hurricane Disaster kit (1 min.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkkYhIdjQQo
Student Samples (Not PGT):
Cyberbullying:
(1:17) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0qYer6DZ9A
(1:27) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXgnJtVo9Vk&list=PLvnE8dpq1SD3cm30p7UoHVukbSlNUl-6c
Peer Pressure (1:05) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsstp4keIN8
Recycling (1:44) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWmgr1vh-Wk
Tobaccco Free (45 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ8UwsV1ZQ4
Water Consumption (42 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ve2vctL9c
Teens Abusing Prescription Drugs (30 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yJXznvVV7E
Environmental Protection (1:10) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zUyaOgvvoc&list=PLlLp1jz1eeE_i6OrWddGL8F3QpDKFxGp_
Texting & Driving (30 sec) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEMb8e3Fh30
On Conformity (1:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WlYjgZiHPM
Benefits of Rain Gardens (1:32) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMF6LbKNuH0
* PGT samples can be found on the sub pages with the assignments *
Note: You don't necessarily need to film a live action video.
Here are three resources for creating animated videos.
PGT Media Projects address the following Common Core standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.4
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach, focusing on how well purpose and audience have been addressed.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.WHST.6-8.6
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6-8.5
Integrate multimedia and visual displays into presentations to clarify information, strengthen claims and evidence, and add interest.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.6-8.6
Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.4
Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.SL.5
Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and enhance understanding of presentations.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.L.3
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.