Social Studies 8C - Advertising Assignment

8C - Economics Social Studies
Advertising Assignment
Due: Tuesday, May 5th
Mrs. Edwards/Miss Mitchell

Note that the "blueprint" for the advertisement is due on Wednesday, April 29th.

Students have 3 handouts for this assignment:
1. Assignment handout outlines what is required and provides parameters and suggestions.
2. Additional handout on "Marketing to Teens: Advertising Strategies.
3. Rubric for the assignment on what is required and how it will be assigned a mark 4, 3, 2, 1, with 4 being the highest.

The assignment is to make a poster which is an advertisement selling a product or service to teenagers in the Fredericton area. Students can invent a new product or service or base their advertisement on an existing product or service. Alternatively, students can chose to do a parody of an advertisement. Some students have said they would like to design a product to sell, so they will be making a 3D object, and this is also acceptable. If students decide to design a product, they don't do the poster, but they still do the write-up. I'd like students who do a 3D product to "sell it to me" in an advertisement promotion which will be an oral presentation.

Everyone does the write-up part which is outlined in the assignment handout and must be a minimum of 100 words. If you are doing the parody assignment, you will make your write-up a parody as well.

This is a major project for this unit and will be marked out of 40.