1. Franklin’s Virtues Mini-Project

2. Directions: 1.Choose the virtue which your poster will illustrate and read Franklin’s explanation of it again carefully. 2.Brainstorm about all the other words, ideas, and/or beliefs which that virtue denotes. 3.Write a paragraph which would persuade others to uphold that virtue; include the benefit(s) of that virtue. 4.Choose a historically famous person who is or could be associated with your chosen virtue. 5.Choose art materials for your project. Will you use markers, crayons, colored pencils, 3-D objects, colored paper, printed pictures? 6.Organize your virtue’s title, your persuasive paragraph, and images of your chosen historical figure onto a small poster board, so that the end product is an effective advertisement for your chosen virtue.

3. Grading Use the following rubric to determine how well you are executing each aspect of the project: 5 = Exemplary 4 = Very Good 3 = Satisfactory 2 = Fair 1 = Poor 0 = Not attempted _______0 - 5 points for EFFECTIVE HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIVE - the extent to which the chosen historical representative (the person ) is effectively and appropriately associated with the chosen virtue _______0 – 5 points for PERSUASIVE PARAGRAPH – the extent to which the paragraph is effective in terms of persuading viewers of the details and benefits of the chosen virtue _______ 0 – 5 points for MECHANICS OF POSTER – the extent to which the written elements of the poster are in keeping with the standards of the language in which it was written _______0 – 5 points for VISUALS the extent to which the poster is aesthetically pleasing – vibrant, fun to look at, pleasing to the eye, artistically presented TOTAL ________ multiplied by 5 = Percent grade