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Project 6: Creating Advertisements (Part 3: Work in Human Services)

About the Project

Advertisements persuade people to take specific actions — to buy a product or service, or to support a social cause. In this project you study how advertisements work and then design and make an advertisement for a real small business in your locality, such as a bakery, tailor, diya seller or bamboo craftsperson.

The project links to what you learnt in Grade 7 Social Science ('Understanding Markets'): sellers must reach buyers, and advertising completes that part of the chain. But advertising also carries social messages, such as the Swachh Bharat Mission or the polio vaccination drive.

Advertising can be of two broad kinds — commercial (selling products/services) and social (communicating messages for society).

A short history

  • The first newspaper advertisements in India appeared in 1780 in the Bengal Gazette (Hicky's Bengal Gazette), India's first English-language newspaper, published from Kolkata and founded by James Augustus Hicky. The book shows an old advertisement for the hair oil 'Jabakusum'.
  • Earlier, town criers announced messages by beating drums — 'Dhindhora Pitna'. Today, vendors with loudspeakers, bells and calls, hand-painted signboards, murals, nukkad natak (street plays) and folk songs continue this tradition.
  • Word-of-mouth advertising is still important for small businesses, but it usually stays within one locality.
  • Media now range from hoardings, flyers and brochures to radio, TV and social media.

    • What You Will Learn

  • Identify the key elements of an advertisement.
  • Identify the key selling points of a product or service.
  • Design and make an advertisement to sell a product or service.

    • Materials & Tools

  • Chart paper, markers, glue and other art supplies for posters
  • Computer or tablet with Internet
  • Camera (or a borrowed smartphone) for photos and videos

    • Step-by-Step Activities

    Activity 1: Types of advertisements

    Follow a day in Ruchi's life (she lives with her grandparents, parents and younger sibling and visits her friend Priti) and spot all the advertisements she meets. Sort them into:

  • Print — newspapers, flyers, magazines
  • Social media — Facebook, Instagram, X, etc.
  • Radio and television
  • Outdoor — buildings, vehicles, public transport, billboards, posters

    • Activity 2: Elements of an advertisement

  • Logo — a visual symbol (or words and images) representing a brand. Tagline/slogan — a short, memorable phrase. The polio campaign keeps the same logo while its taglines change across languages. Building a recognisable identity is called branding.
  • Visuals — eye-catching and colourful, with little text placed carefully; text colour must be legible on the background. Visuals can create a mood.
  • Audio and video — striking music and jingles (short catchy rhymes); advertisements are short so audiences don't get bored.
  • Connect to emotions — we remember what touches us (e.g., an army recruitment advertisement, a road-safety advertisement showing life is precious).
  • Call to action — tells the audience what to do next (e.g., "Go and cast your vote").

    • Activity 3: Meet an expert

    Invite a shopkeeper, a signboard designer, a management teacher or someone who works in advertising. Ask what makes an advertisement memorable, why so much is spent on advertising, how the medium is chosen, and what problems advertisements can cause.

    Activity 4: Identify a client

    List small businesses near (or inside) the school. Prepare a questionnaire, visit with a teacher or known adult, ask for 20–30 minutes, introduce your group, and explain your purpose. If the owner agrees, sign a simple contract: photos only with approval, agreed dates and times, regular progress updates, and interactions only in the presence of a teacher or parent.

    Activity 5: Understand the business

    Interview the owner about the products or services, how long they have worked, what makes them unique (price, materials, durability, delivery, cleanliness, after-sales service), the best-selling item and the price range. Build a customer (target audience) profile: age, location, occupation, and feedback. Then choose a form: posters, a video or reel, or labels, pamphlets and banners, depending on cost and resources.

    Activity 6: Design the advertisement

    Record your decisions for logo, tagline, call to action, visuals, jingle, emotional connect and target audience. Whatever the medium, the key message, logo, tagline and call to action stay the same.

  • Poster (no technology) — an attention-grabbing title, supporting visuals, credited photos, emotional connect, colours; sketch the layout.
  • Digital poster — recreate it using tools like PowerPoint or Canva and compare it with the handmade one.
  • Animated/video advertisement — add music and sound, write a script (dialogue or voiceover), draw a storyboard of key frames, and choose animations (fade in, zoom, slide).

    • Activity 7: Review

    Check for creativity, clarity of message (clear tagline and call to action, clear benefits) and visual appeal. Then share it with the business owner and record whether they would use it and why.

    Safety & Ethics

  • Tell a parent, guardian or teacher before visiting a business; meet in public, well-lit places.
  • Respect the owner's privacy and consent for photos and videos; be culturally sensitive.
  • Ethical advertising: be truthful, fair and socially responsible.

    • - Copyright — use original content or take permission; copying without credit is plagiarism.

    - No fake advertising — never make false claims.

    - Cultural and gender sensitivity — avoid stereotypes and offensive content.

  • Internet safety: work with your teacher, don't upload or download without permission, and don't share personal information.

    • Key Terms

  • Advertisement — message persuading people to act (विज्ञापन)
  • Commercial advertising — selling products/services (व्यावसायिक विज्ञापन)
  • Social advertising — messages for social causes (सामाजिक विज्ञापन)
  • Logo — brand symbol (प्रतीक चिह्न)
  • Tagline/slogan — short memorable phrase (नारा)
  • Branding — creating a unique identity (ब्रांड पहचान)
  • Jingle — short catchy rhyme or tune (जिंगल/विज्ञापन गीत)
  • Call to action — what the audience should do (कार्य हेतु आह्वान)
  • Target audience — people the ad is meant for (लक्षित दर्शक)
  • Storyboard — sketches of key frames (कथाचित्र-पट)
  • Word-of-mouth — spreading by people telling others (मौखिक प्रचार)
  • Plagiarism — copying without credit (साहित्यिक चोरी)
  • Nukkad natak — street play (नुक्कड़ नाटक)

    • Think and Answer (hints)

  • Since advertisements are powerful, think about the responsibilities of advertisers (truth, fairness, sensitivity) and the rights of the audience (honest information).
  • Related jobs named in the book: marketing, graphic designing, public relations, social media management. Find more.
  • Extensions: create a nukkad natak on a local social cause; look for Braille advertisements, sign-language videos and signage for divyangjan.

    • Career & Community Connections

    Helping a small local business reach more customers supports the local economy and crafts. Skills from this project are used in marketing, design, media and public relations.

    Common Mistakes

  • Crowding a poster with text — keep text minimal and legible.
  • Forgetting the call to action.
  • Using images or music from the Internet without permission or credit.
  • Making exaggerated or false claims about the product.
  • Changing the logo or tagline across different media — these should stay the same.

    • 💡 Key Learning Points

    • ✓Advertisements persuade people to act and can be commercial or social.
    • ✓Key elements are logo and tagline, visuals, music/jingles, emotional connect and a call to action.
    • ✓India's first newspaper advertisements appeared in 1780 in Hicky's Bengal Gazette; drum-beating 'Dhindhora' was an older form.
    • ✓Good advertisements come from understanding the business's unique selling points and its target audience.
    • ✓Ethical advertising means truthfulness, no plagiarism, and cultural and gender sensitivity.

    👨‍🏫 Teaching Tips

    • →Begin with 'Ruchi's day': have students list every advertisement they saw or heard since waking up.
    • →Bring in newspaper cut-outs and let groups label logo, tagline, visuals, emotional connect and call to action.
    • →Play two short radio or TV advertisements and time them; discuss why they are short and what the jingle does.
    • →Role-play the interview with a small business owner before the real visit.
    • →Have groups draft and sign the sample contract so they practise professional agreements.
    • →Let groups make both a handmade and a digital poster and compare the process.
    • →Run a gallery walk for peer review using the creativity, clarity and visual-appeal criteria.
    • →Discuss an example of misleading advertising to highlight ethics and audience rights.

    📋 Assessment Questions

    1. Can the student identify logo, tagline, visuals, emotional connect and call to action in a given advertisement?
    2. Can the student distinguish commercial from social advertising with examples?
    3. Can the student identify a small business's unique selling points and target audience from an interview?
    4. Can the student design a poster or storyboard that keeps the key message consistent?
    5. Can the student explain ethical rules such as avoiding plagiarism and false claims?

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