Name:___________________________________________________ Period:_________________________

Africa: Environmental Issues PSA Project

Standards:
SS7G1 Locate selected features of Africa.
SS7G2 Explain environmental issues across the continent of Africa.
SS7G3 Explain the impact of location, climate, and physical characteristics on population distribution in Africa.

Directions: You will create a Public Service Announcement (PSA). A public service announcement is a free message created for the
public with the objective of raising awareness, changing public attitudes and behavior towards an issue. You will be assigned one of
the four environmental topics to teach others about the causes and effects of this issue in Africa as well as present a solution for this
issue. Information for your PSA will be gathered from the Africa: Env. Issues Padlet: https://padlet.com/smithjh11/AfricaIssues

Step1: Topic
Your topic is circled below:
1. Desertification
2. Deforestation
3. Unequal access to water
4. Water pollution

Step 2: Final Presentation

You may present your Public Service Announcement in one of the following formats:
1. Video – 1:30 to 2 minutes (no longer than 2 minutes!!)
2. Poster
3. Website – Please use: https://www.weebly.com

Rubric:
Causes of (your topic of
concern)
4 Causes of your environmental
concern are accurate and you
clearly explain the cause. You
include at least 2 causes.
3 Causes of your environmental
concern are accurate and you
explain the cause. You include
at least 2 causes.
2 Cause of your environmental
concern is accurate and you
explain the cause. You include
1 cause.
1 You have not included a cause.
____/4 My PSA is neat, organized and has no spelling or grammar errors.
Effects of (your topic of
concern)
Effects of your environmental
concern are accurate and you
clearly explain the effects. You
include at least 2 effects.
Effects of your environmental
concern are accurate and you
explain the effects. You include
at least 2 effects.
Effect of your environmental
concern is accurate and you
explain the effect. You include 1
cause.
You have not included an effect.
Locations impacted by (your
topic of concern)
Location of your environmental
concern is accurate and you clearly
explain the impact on the people
and trade in the location. You
include the climate region as
well as one country impacted.
Location of your environmental
concern is accurate and you
explain the impact on the people or
trade in the location. You include
the climate region as well as one
country impacted.
You include the climate region as
well as one country impacted.
You have not included locations
impacted.
Total Points for PSA Project:
__________________/20 =
Possible solution/Call to
action
Your solution to the issue is
plausible. You logically explain
how you want people to cause
change.
You present a solution. You
explain how people can change.
You present a solution or explain
how people can change.
You have not presented a
solution or explained ways
people can cause change.