What issue in society today absolutely ticks you off? What issue are you passionate about? Is it pollution? Minority rights? The war? The draft? GMOs? Deforestation? The Green movement? Overdevelopment? Landfills? Genetic engineering? Cloning?
Now, you get a chance to make your voice heard. In this project, you will write a five-paragraph PSA (public service announcement) to draw attention to an important issue we covered in Unit Five.
A PSA is an advertisement featured on television, radio, or print. It is intended to benefit the public interest, by raising awareness of an issue, altering attitudes, and potentially stimulating people to take action.
While the most common PSAs are about health or safety, we will be limiting ourselves to topics we covered in Unit Five.
Choose one issue from the list below and write a PSA about it.
pollution
land conservation
minority rights
the war
genetically modified foods
deforestation
the Green movement
the Women's Movement
overdevelopment
sustainable development.