Course: This I Believe: Writing a Creative Personal Essay

4. Seeing is Believing

Click below to take a survey about 10 belief statements. Only your instructor will see this survey; it is really just to get you to think about what you think and feel. There are no right or wrong answers, so be honest with yourself.

What do you need to do?
Click here to take the survey.

Now that you have had a chance to think about what you believe on a few statements, choose one of the statements you agreed with from the survey.

What Did You Think?
1. Life is fair.
2. If you smile long enough, you become happy.
3. Words can do more harm than violence.
4. Miracles do happen.
5. What goes around comes around.
6. How you act in a crisis/emergency shows who you really are.
7. Love conquers all.
8. "An eye for an eye" is a good way to lead your life.
9. People learn from their mistakes.
10. You can't depend on anyone else; you can only depend on yourself.

Think about the statement you have chosen and how you might explain your belief about this statement. Remember that believing something is not just saying it is true, but about acting in a way that supports that belief. Think about different stories, images, and words that communicate your belief.

You are going to create a digital poster to explain this belief to other people -- through YOUR eyes The poster will not be judged on artistic merit, but on content. In other words, your grade will depend on how well your instructor can determine why YOU believe in this statement, not by how cool the poster is.

To create your digital poster (on the computer), you will need to go to glogster.com and look around the site a little bit. See what other people have done to get an idea of how the website works. Then, you can register for free, or click on "try to create you own" without registering. Your poster will use words and images, even music if you like, to interpret and explain the belief you have chosen. When you are done, you will need to upload your poster using the link below.

Remember to put the statement somewhere on your poster!

What do you need to do?
1. Choose one of the statements above that you agreed with in the survey.
2. Go to glogster.com and create your poster.
3. Use the link below to upload your poster.