I. Podcast Assignment Instructions Level of Expertise 6
Public Service Announcement
“Little Rock 9”
Directions: We will be creating a Podcast for this project using Garage band. For this project you will be taking on the character of the “little rock 9” that we read about in our textbook and the novel “the little rock nine, turning point”. These students were the turning point in the civil rights movement and it is your job to describe how these students efforts changed the way you live today.
In groups of 3-4 create a script using the voices of the little rock 9 to explain the hardship that they went through trying to desegregate schools. How would our schools today be different if the “little rock 9” students did not fight for desegregation?
Role: Little Rock 9 students
Audience: Students of 2010
Format: Public Service Announcement
Topic: What schools would be like if they were still segregated…
You will first need to write a script, this script should be:
· Two pages
· Correct spelling
· 12 font
· Double spaced
· No grammatical errors
· See example for format**
What needs to be included in your podcast:
1. Name and personal story of your little rock nine character
2. Why you’re doing this PSA
3. What their school life was like before the Civil Rights Movement
4. Explain the struggles they went through to achieve their goal
5. Explain how our school lives would be different if they did not make the sacrifices they made
6. ***Everyone must have a speaking role***
Important things to think about
· Voice
· Pacing
· Emotion
· Story line
· Sequence of events
· Main idea
· Sound effects
· Music
Due Date_______________
II. Rubistar for Podcast
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CATEGORY | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Paper: Organization | Well written, little to no grammatical errors, Persuasive writing style, Correct format. | Fairly well written a few grammatical errors, semi persuasive writing style, format is used correctly in some ways. | Poorly written, many grammatical errors, poor persuasiveness, format is not evident. | Not completed |
Voice | Clear, concise, and fluent. | Little speaking mistakes, concise voice, clear voice. | Not clear, many speaking mistakes, stopping or changing words. | Unable to comprehend. |
sound quality | Clear sounds, pitch of sounds correct, No static or background noise | Little to no background noise, sound pitch is correct through most of the podcast, very little static or other noises. | Some background noise, pitch is to loud or to soft, some static. | Unable to hear because of background noise, unable to hear because sound level is to high or to low. Sound quality is scratchy or unclear. |
Content Knowledge | Explanation of events correct, insightful information, correct use of names and events. Enough information to satisfy the assignment. | Explanation of events are mostly correct. Most of the information is interesting. Use of names and events are mostly correct. | Needs more information to satisfy assignment. Use of people places and events mostly incorrect. | Content Knowledge is unknown, incorrect information is presented. |
Persuasive | Well done | In need of some work | Not persuasive | N/A |
JENNY-This is a public service announcement. We are three students from the little Rock 9, Ernest Green, Thelma Mothershed, and Elizabeth Eckford the first students to desegregate the school systems. We are here today to tell you how different your lives would be if it wasn’t for what we sacrificed. In the 1960’s schools were not at all what they are like today. During the 1960’s the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing. Thanks to Martin Luther King jr. Malcom X, Rosa Parks, and many others we were able to change the ways of life for so many people not just in schools but throughout our whole society. Separate but equal had to go and those people are the ones who started the ball rolling.
CAIT-Think of your classroom, probably the one you’re sitting in right now. Look to your left, and look to your right. Are there African American Students in your class? Are you an African American student? Is the person sitting next to you Hispanic or Asian? If you answered yes to any of these questions your life would be significantly different if it wasn’t for us. These students who are not white would NOT be sitting here.
ANT-Before desegregation African Americans and white students by law could not attend school together. A black student in some cases would have to go to the other side of the city to attend school, even if they lived up the street from an all white school. Many people lived by the idea of “separate but equal.” These schools were for sure separate, but absolutely not equal. African American schools had many less of the necessities than white students. For instance the textbooks we used were falling apart, missing pages out of date or nonexistent. Our facilities were not up to anyone standards, holes in the ceilings, no running water, no heat, broken windows etc. This was not an environment for learning. We knew something needed to be done and with the help of the civil rights movement we saw our chance to change our own lives by getting a real education.
JEN-Although the law of “separate but equal” changed it didn’t mean that the people’s views changed. Just because the courts said we could go to school didn’t mean that the white students and parents were going to let us go to school. On the first day of school we were met with an angry mob of teacher’s student’s and the community. The words they said to us hurt deeper than the things they threw at us. That first day we did not even make it in the door. The president of the United States Dwight Eishenhaur finally sent in the United States Army. These officers had to walk us into class and make sure we were safe. This event in itself was a huge gain for the Civil Rights movement. Although we were backed by the government we still fell upon hardships when going to school. One of our fellow little rock 9 students was even expelled when she couldn’t take the harassment anymore and finally fought back. Every day was a struggle.
JEN-Do not take your education for granted. The little Rock 9 worked too hard and sacrificed to much for you to not take advantage of what you have in these schools. Next time you are fed up with homework or bored in your classes remember our story and the torment and harassment we had to endure so you “the future” would receive the education you deserve no matter the color of your skin, sex, religion or any other reason. Remember us, the little rock
