Students will identify artistic techniques used in selected public service announcements (PSAs) and then create their own PSA using text and images.
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Student describes imagery and text but does not identify any artistic technique(s) used to create the PSA.
N/A at this time.Student identifies artistic techniques but does not identify the use of appropriation, recontextualization, or juxtaposition.
N/A at this time.Student correctly identifies some, but not all, of the artistic technique(s) of appropriation, recontextualization, and/or juxtaposition used.
N/A at this time.Student correctly identifies each of the artistic technique(s) of appropriation, recontextualization, and/or juxtaposition used.
N/A at this time.Student describes text/and or imagery but does not discuss the message nor relate it to the use of appropriation, re-contextualization, and/or juxtaposition.
N/A at this time.Student describes the text and/or imagery and discusses the message but does not relate the message to the use of appropriation, recontextualization, and/or juxtaposition.
N/A at this time.Student partially describes how the text and/or imagery have been appropriated, recontextualized, and/or juxtaposed to create new meaning.
N/A at this time.Student describes how the text and/or imagery have been appropriated, recontextualized, and/or juxtaposed to create new meaning.
N/A at this time.Topic of student’s PSA is not clear. The message is broad and general.
N/A at this time.Student defines a topic of public interest, but the message is not clear.
N/A at this time.Student defines a topic of public interest but does not create a unique message on the topic.
N/A at this time.Student defines a topic of public interest and presents a unique message on the topic.
N/A at this time.Student creates a unique PSA but does not use appropriation, recontextualization, or juxtaposition to add meaning to the message.
N/A at this time.Student appropriates imagery and/or text. Efforts to recontextualize and/or juxtapose the imagery and text create a message that lacks clarity.
Student appropriates imagery and/or text, but the image simply illustrates the text. The PSA does not use recontextualization or juxtaposition of images to add meaning to the PSA.
N/A at this time.Student uses appropriation, recontextualization, and/or juxtaposition to create new meaning. The appropriated imagery is re-contextualized or juxtaposed and text is added in a way that carries associations from the original context to the new message.
N/A at this time.Student uses a number of different imagery and text characteristics that compete for attention and distract from the message of the PSA.
N/A at this time.Student’s choice of font style, size, and color are aesthetically pleasing but blend with the image and make the message difficult to read.
N/A at this time.Student’s choice of imagery and font style, size, and color contribute to an aesthetically pleasing PSA. The placement of the text distracts from the message.
N/A at this time.Student’s choice of imagery and font style, color, and size, as well as the placement of the text, create an aesthetically pleasing PSA.
N/A at this time.What did you like? Did you need to revise anything? How could we make this assessment better?
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