Name:________________________________        Date:_________        Hour:________

Immunization Public Service Announcement

Purpose:

Vaccination is the process of exposing a person to a pathogen on purpose in order to develop immunity. In vaccination, the pathogen is usually injected under the skin by a shot. Only part of the pathogen is injected, or a weak or dead pathogen is used. It sounds dangerous, but the shot causes an immune response without causing the actual illness. Diseases you have probably been vaccinated against include measles, mumps, and chickenpox. Vaccinations are essential in the effort to eradicate life threatening and deadly diseases. Millions of lives have been saved because of the vaccination efforts. No drug has been studied or scrutinized more than current available vaccinations. These vaccinations have been proven to be safe. 

It is essential that the public understand the importance of vaccinations in order to keep people safe and healthy. Your job is to create a public service announcement about vaccinations to better inform the public about being vaccinated.

Materials:

• Computer access
• Recording Device
• Video Editing Software

Procedure:

1. Research the below information about vaccinations. Make sure you are only looking at credible, primary sources.

1. What are vaccinations?
2. What do vaccinations do?
3. How do vaccinations work?
4. Are vaccinations safe?
5. How have vaccinations saved lives?
6. How have diseases been eradicated since the creation of vaccinations?
7. Why is it important to be vaccinated?

2. Watch some public service announcements to get an idea of what you will be creating:

1. PSA: Don’t Text and Drive 
2. PSA: No Kid Hungry 
3. PSA: Stop Smoking 

3. With a partner brainstorm an idea for a PSA announcement about vaccinations.
4. Fill out a storyboard about your idea for a PSA vaccination announcement. Show your teacher for prior approval before filming.
5. Once your storyboard is approved, go ahead and start filming and editing your video. For help in creating a PSA video visit the following websites:

1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
2. Creating Public Service Announcements

6. Submit your video to your teacher.
7. Videos will be shown in class, and possibly forwarded to different community media outlets.

Vaccination PSA Storyboard

PSA Vaccination video is about: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

In the boxes below write out, diagram, or draw a cartoon of your plan for your video.

You don’t necessarily have to fill out all of the boxes, and you are free to make more boxes if you need them.

Teacher signature before filming: ___________________________________________