Public Service Announcements

8th grade TAPS students planned and produced a short television Public Service Announcement in groups, with the purpose of reaching a specific target audience in order to persuade, change an attitude, belief or behavior, inform an audience of a risk or help an audience care about a topic or issue that they have the power to change or fix.

Unit objectives included:

• Using persuasive skills to compel the audience to feel called to action or change their behavior or viewpoint regarding a topic that truly matters
• Intentionally targeting a particular audience in purposeful ways and analyzing how their methods specifically impacted that group of people
• Creating a video performance that is polished, well-timed, creative and sincere

Here are two PSA's below, that are relevant, sincere and are executed effectively.  The first outlines the dangers of cyberbullying and how we can respond.  The second centers on Breaking Gender Stereotypes.




Catherine Widdifield