Grant’s Legacy: Propaganda Poster Ulysses S. Grant was extremely popular after the Civil War for his outstanding reputation as commander of the Union. President Grant is often considered a political failure due to his limited successes during Reconstruction, which included several post-war government scandals, but is that fair? Directions: Your job is to create a political cartoon (propaganda) sending a message about one aspect of Grant’s Presidency. Your point of view should be clear, intelligent, but without using a lot of words. Do not simply google a propaganda image of President Grant, be more clever then that, you can do it! Plus, I will know [I have Google too]. Rubric Grade: /20 pts. Category 4 3 2 1 Audience & Purpose Target audience for poster: -clear and appropriate Target audience is appropriate and clearly appeals to a wide audience. Purpose of poster is appropriate and very clear. Target audience is appropriate and appeals to a more than one audience. Purpose of poster is clear and appropriate. Target audience is somewhat clear and / or appropriate to viewer, only appealing to one audience. Purpose of poster is somewhat clear and/or appropriate. Target audience is unclear and/or inappropriat e. Purpose of poster is unclear and/or inappropriat e. Message Message of poster: -clear and appropriate. Advertisement: -spelling, grammar, and punctuation Message of poster is appropriate and very clear to a large audience. Proper spelling and grammar / punctuation used throughout. Message of poster is clear and appropriate to more than one audience. Good amount of proper spelling and grammar / punctuation Message of poster is somewhat clear and/or appropriate but only appealing to one audience. Some proper spelling and grammar / punctuation Message of poster is unclear and/or inappropriat e for WS audience Little proper spelling and grammar / punctuation Technique Appropriate use of at least one propaganda technique: -image(s) -slogan Effectively uses more than one propaganda techniques. Key images are very appropriate and thoughtful Slogan is highly appropriate and enhances the message of the poster. Effectively uses one propaganda techniques. Key images are appropriate for topic of poster Slogan relates to and is appropriate to topic of poster Propaganda technique is somewhat effective. Key images are somewhat appropriate for topic of poster Slogan somewhat relates to topic of poster Propaganda technique is ineffective. Key images are inappropriat e for topic of poster Slogan is inappropriat e for topic of poster Visual Appeal Detail and visual appeal Images are very detailed, Images show good amount of detail, Images are somewhat detailed, Images are lacking in detail,