| You’re going Back In Time! |
What time period in American history interests you the most? Are you fascinated with the 1970s? Do the Roaring 20s spark your interest? In this class, we will be studying the newspaper for 10 weeks. During those10 weeks, you will become an investigative reporter of the time period of your choice. The following project encompasses everything you will be learning during the newspaper unit and will be your final test grade for the unit. Through this webquest, you will learn, not only, about the history of our nation, but also create your own newspaper based on the time period of your choice. You will research major historical, sporting, entertainment, and educational events from library resources and websites. Just imagine how exciting it will be to rewrite history!
This website is just a basic overview of the unit. You will get everything you need from Mrs. Mutolo in class!
Introduction | | Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion
Resources
Introduction | | Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion
Helpful Links….
www.google.com Google’s got it all! Check it out!
www.yahoo.com Yahoo! Yipee! What a great searching site!
Website entails present day Chicago Tribune and archives.
Website furnishes unique collection of original newspaper articles dating back to the 1770s.
An archive of historical newspaper article.
Website created by the Chicago Historical Society includes newspaper archives and historical artifacts related to Chicago and the Chicago Tribune.
www.gateway.library.uiuc.edu.com
Website designed to interactively explain the history of newspapers in Illinois.
www.thinkquest.org/library/cat_show.html?cat_id=99&cid=2
Browse this guide to the sports, history, and participants of both the summer and winter Olympic Games.
www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml
Guide focuses on the sport's history beginning in the early 19th century. Also features related links and resources.
www.educationindex.com/history
Search for educational information and links in over 50 categories.
www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/links10r.html
Use these online resources about 20th century American school history:
Examines the people, events, inventions, art, literature, music, entertainment, fads, and fashions of the Roaring Twenties.
What do you need to do? Here it is…
Introduction || Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion
1. Front Page Breaking Story: Choose a major event that happened during your time and treat it as a breaking story. You must include all the elements of a news story that we have discussed in class.
2. Editorial: Write an editorial column about the Breaking Story from the point of view of an editor during your time. Research!!!!
3. Entertainment Guide: Review movies, plays, TV shows, etc from your time. At least 5 different types of entertainment should be discussed.
5. Sports: Choose 3 major sporting events during your time and cover them as a sports reporter would. Pictures should be included.
6. Classified Section: You will create your own classified employment section. This section should include at least 15 job descriptions, education required for position, and salary. Your employment guide should be appropriate to the time period you chose. Be creative!
7. Interview: Find someone from the era that you have chosen or someone who is knowledgeable about your time. Interview them and write a personal narrative about your discussion. The transcript must be included, word for word.
8. Bibliography: A proper bibliography must be attached to the back of your newspaper. It should contain at least 3 books, 1 primary source and 2 websites for your bibliography. You are very familiar with the library and citing sources, so your bibliographies must be completely accurate.
Evaluation /Timeline
Introduction | | Resources | Process | Evaluation | Conclusion
Timeline: This webquest is an independent project to be completed during the 10 week newspaper unit. The following is a timeline to be followed as closely as possible to ensure proper time management.
____ Week 1: Choose your time period to be researched.
____ Week 2&3: Library Research (I will provide class time.)
____ Week 5: Editorial and find interview prospects.
____ Week 6: Entertainment Guide and set up interview times.
____ Week 7: ?
____ Week 8: Sports and have interview finished by now.
____ Week 9: Classified Section
____ Week 10: Peer Revisions and put final copy together.
Check out your Rubric for your project that needs to be printed and handed in with your final project.
Last updated Aug 2006
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