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SCRIPTWRITING IN THE CLASSROOM<\/h3>\n

\u00a9<\/a>2006\u00a0 Frank Baker, Media Educator<\/p>\n

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Students can also be introduced to the Public Service Announcement.
\nThese 30 second ads use various techniques to communicate messages succinctly.<\/p>\n

What is a Public Service Announcement?
\n<\/a>(good starting point)<\/p>\n

<\/span>Ten Steps to Writing A Winning PSA<\/a> (handout-Scholastic)<\/p>\n

<\/span>How to Create the Perfect Public Service Announcement<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Lesson Plan: Deconstructing PSAs<\/a>
\nLesson Plan: Producing Public Service Announcements for Video <\/a>
\nLesson Plan: MyTube: Changing the World With Video Public Service Announcements<\/a>
\nLesson Plan: Campaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span>The Ad Council: A History<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Ad Council icons and slogans are woven into the very fabric of American culture —\u00a0Smokey Bear’s “Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires”<\/a>, The Crash Test Dummies:\u00a0“You Could Learn A lot from a Dummy”, McGruff the Crime Dog’s: “Take A Bite Out of Crime”<\/a>, and of course, “A Mind is a Terrible Thing To Waste”, and “Friends Don’t Let Friends Drive Drunk” –\u00a0just to name a few.<\/p>\n

Click the links below to watch some recent Ad Council PSAs:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Dropout Preven<\/a>tion<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Obesity\/C<\/a>hallenge\/Contest<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n