Your Name: _________________________

Truth Project: Visual Artifact

In a purposefully composed visual artifact (either 2D or 3D), you are to display your interpretation of the truth as

best as you know it *at the current moment* (and you may not feel like you know the truth at all. That’s ok, too). As

part of your artifact design, you are to select your purpose (inform or persuade) and which persuasive tactics

(ethos, pathos or logos) you’d like to use in order to present information that will visually appeal to your audience

while at the same time achieving your intent.

Here are some visual artifact options to consider for your overall concept:

Interactive Poster/Graphic organizer/Public service advertisement or campaign poster

Interactive Game Investigative File Case Puzzle Spectrum/Timeline

Map/”Crime Map Model/Sculpture Mobile Origami

Brochure Flip Book/repurposed book Scale *Other!????

Cartoon/Comic Strip Ingredients/Recipe

Here are some suggestions for content to consider including in your visual artifact:

__The inquiry question that has driven your quest

__The claim or claims that are made on both sides of the debate

__Evidence that backs up or contradicts those claims

__Sources (the people or authors) of those claims and evidence

__Relevant quoted material (with citations)

__Symbols

__Images/pictures/photos/illustrations

__Graphs/charts

*Ultimately, your project may be open-ended and interactive for the viewer to decide...or you may persuade viewers

to see the truth the way that you’ve come to see it.

Visual Artifact -- Initial Planning Template

Purpose of artifact (circle one): Inform Persuade

What message do you want people to think about or be convinced of after viewing your artifact?

Which persuasive tactic do you think should be most prominently displayed in your visual artifact (circle one):

Ethos Pathos Logos

Why will this persuasive tactic be most useful to connect to your audience and achieve your purpose?

In what ways will you utilize this persuasive tactic in your visual artifact? What overall impact/impression do you hope

to achieve?

Sketch:

Key Content (quotes, facts, statistics, pictures, etc.):

Materials Needed:

Schedule: