PSA:
Public Service Announcement
What is a PSA?
Looks like a television commercial, but it is actually a short video used to educate people about a particular topic they need to be aware of. It could include “how-to’s” for dealing with certain events or suggestions for keeping safe.
Looks like a television commercial, but it is actually a short video used to educate people about a particular topic they need to be aware of. It could include “how-to’s” for dealing with certain events or suggestions for keeping safe.
how to film a historical PSA:
*This works best for events like the Battle of Britain or the Invasion of France/Capture of Paris, where citizens needed to be informed about how to keep themselves safe.
- You could film a PSA that teaches the citizens of London how to take shelter during the nightly air raids when the German air force bombed the city.
- Or a PSA informing the citizens of Paris that their city has fallen to German occupation. What they need to know about life under German Occupation?
- A PSA for the Lend-Lease Act that explains why the United States needed to become the “Arsenal of Democracy” so that Great Britain didn’t fall to Nazi Germany.
- Another possibility is informing the French citizens of Normandy that the Allies have landed on D-Day and how to take shelter or assist any allied soldiers they encounter.
- For Pearl Harbor, it could be a PSA informing Americans why we declared war against Japan.
- You could film a PSA that teaches the citizens of London how to take shelter during the nightly air raids when the German air force bombed the city.
- Or a PSA informing the citizens of Paris that their city has fallen to German occupation. What they need to know about life under German Occupation?
- A PSA for the Lend-Lease Act that explains why the United States needed to become the “Arsenal of Democracy” so that Great Britain didn’t fall to Nazi Germany.
- Another possibility is informing the French citizens of Normandy that the Allies have landed on D-Day and how to take shelter or assist any allied soldiers they encounter.
- For Pearl Harbor, it could be a PSA informing Americans why we declared war against Japan.
Be creative...Keep it school appropriate!
Real WWII Public service announcements:
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NBC: "The More you Know" PSA's
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Other Real historical PSA's
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