Name ___________________________________________________ Date _____________ Period ________
Revolution Propaganda Poster
Task : To create a propaganda poster persuading people to think a
certain way about one of the events that led to the American
Revolution.
Step One : Re-read the description of your assigned character.
Step Two : Read over the chart of the events that lead up to the American Revolution
and decide which event your character would feel the most strongly about.
Step Three : Write the name of the event on the line below, state how your character
views the event, and list three reasons explaining your character’s feelings about the
event.
Name of Event : ______________________________________________________________________________
Character’s Opinion : ________________________________________________________________________
Three Reasons Explaining Opinion :
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Propaganda Poster Checklist
Overall Goals
Goal
Check
Poster Reflects a Loyalist or Patriot Bias
Poster Persuades People to Feel a Certain Way About the Event
Poster Calls People to Action
Specific Requirements
Requirements
Poster clearly focuses primarily on one chosen event
Short summary of event
Three clear, unique reasons why people should feel a certain way
towards the event
A call to action – what specifically should people do in response to the
event?
At least one slogan used
Large letters and/or images effectively used
Three effective propaganda techniques clearly used
Attractive and Organized Layout
No spelling/ grammar errors – BE CAREFUL! DOUBLE CHECK THIS!
Check
Rubric
Excellent
Poster clearly
focuses
primarily on
one chosen
event
Chosen event
is clear and the
main focus of
poster
Short
summary of
event
Event is
thoroughly
and accurately
summarized
Three
appropriate,
clear, unique
reasons are
included
Three clear,
unique
reasons why
people should
feel a certain
way towards
the event
(counted
double)
A call to action
At least one
slogan used
Large letters
and/or images
effectively
used
Three effective
propaganda
techniques
clearly used
Clear Loyalist/
Patriot Bias
Present
Poster clearly
calls people to
a specific,
appropriate
action
One
appropriate
slogan is used
Large letters
and/or images
effectively
used
Three
propaganda
techniques
effectively
used
Patriot or
Loyalist bias is
clear
Good
Fair
Event is less
thoroughly
summarized
Chosen event
is mentioned
the most but
much of the
poster is about
other events/
general
information
One part of
summary is
inaccurate
Three clear,
unique
reasons are
included but
connection
between
reasons/event
is unclear
Two
appropriate,
clear, unique
reasons are
included
Needs
Improvement
Chosen event
is unclear
More than one
part of
summary is
inaccurate
One
appropriate,
clear, unique
reason is
included
Call to action Call to action is Call to action is
does not
unclear
missing (0)
clearly relate
back to chosen
event
One less
Slogan is
appropriate
missing (0)
slogan is used
Large letters
Little thought
and/or images
put into
less effectively
letters/images
used
used
Three
Two
One
propaganda
propaganda
propaganda
techniques
techniques
technique
less effectively
used
used
used
Patriot or
Loyalist Bias is
unclear
Attractive,
Organized
Layout
Poster’s layout
is easy to
understand,
attractive, and
organized
No spelling/
grammar
errors
There are no
spelling/
grammar
errors
Poster is easy
to understand
and organized
but less effort
made to make
it attractive
There are two
spelling/
grammar
errors
Parts of the
poster are
disorganized
Much of the
poster is
disorganized
There are four
spelling/
grammar
errors
There are six
or more
spelling/
grammar
errors
Name ___________________________________________________ Date _____________ Period ________
Revolution Propaganda Poster
Task : To create a propaganda poster persuading people to think a
certain way about one of the events that led to the American
Revolution.
Step One : Re-read the description of your assigned character.
Step Two : Read over the chart of the events that lead up to the American Revolution
and decide which event your character would feel the most strongly about.
Step Three : Write the name of the event on the line below, state how your character
views the event, and list three reasons explaining your character’s feelings about the
event.
Name of Event : ______________________________________________________________________________
Character’s Opinion : ________________________________________________________________________
Three Reasons Explaining Opinion :
________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________