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1920s Newspaper
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1920s Newspaper

Your task: Create a newspaper using Google Docs about the unit consisting of articles, comic strips, advertisements and editorials.

Instructions:

I.  Give your paper a title that fits with the unit.  “History Newspaper” is not enough!

        

        Save the following link to your Google Drive.  Share it with your partner.

        Link to Newspaper Template

        Link to Rubric

II. Your newspaper should include 8 or more items including:

  1. 3 or more news articles about events from the unit.  These should be written from the point of view of a reporter who witnessed these events and was “in the middle of the action.” These articles should include made-up quotes from people involved in the event.  **And each article should be a minimum of 5-7 sentences in length.

Possible Topics:

  1. Increase in Stock Market Values
  2. Impact of Prohibition/Organized Crime
  3. Increased Feminism/19th Amendment
  4. Mass consumerism
  5. Impact of Henry Ford’s Model T
  6. Impact of Jazz music/Harlem Renaissance
  7. Effects of Increased Fundamentalism
  8. Impact of the First Red Scare
  1. 1 or more editorials (opinion pieces written by either the editor or a concerned citizen) about events at the time (something other than what you chose to use in #1).  In an editorial the newspaper editors discuss an event and give their opinions on what happened and what they might have personally done about it.  Minimum 5-7 sentences.
  2. 1 obituary of a famous person from this period.  An obituary is a short retelling of the major events in that person’s life. Minimum 5-7 sentences.
  3. 1 hand drawn picture that goes along with one of your front page stories.
  4. 2 or more “other” items such as:
  1. Comic strips about either a person or event from the time period.  Each strip should be at least 3 panels in length.
  2. Advertisement from a company that might have existed at the time.
  3. Sports report about a sport played or a popular athlete in this period.
  4. Business/Stock Report
  5. Entertainment News

III. Rough Draft – Your group MUST do some pre-planning and decide exactly what you are going to do on your front page.  You then MUST draw a rough layout of what will be included on your page on a sheet of notebook paper.  You must show this to your teacher before you begin creating the finished product.