Each member of the
class is serving on the staff of a World War I-era newspaper. One newspaper
supports the war, the other paper opposes the war. If you are a reporter,
it is your job to complete the sequence of tasks listed below. Additional
instructions for just the publisher and editorial board are given in italics.
- Check with the Publisher of
your particular newspaper and receive your assignment.
- View the newspaper Department
Assignments page and note your duties and responsibilities.
- Go to the Newswire
page of suggested American Memory links.
Begin your research and be ready to report back on two potential sources
to use for the basis of your newspaper article. Analyze these two sources
by means of the Primary Source Analysis sheet.
- Share your initial findings
when the Publisher reconvenes your newspaper staff. Discuss the links which
you explored via the Newswire and analyzed via the Primary
Source Analysis sheet.
- Publisher and Editorial
Board meet to determine specific topic assignments for reporters. The assignments
for the Photographic and Print Division are coordinated with the stories
being covered by the reporting staff.
- Study the Newspaper
Guidelines. Develop one particular article in depth as directed by your
Publisher. Conduct additional research using the Research
Library.
- Submit a rough draft of your
article to the Publisher and Editorial Board for review.
- Publisher and Editorial
Board prepare comments, suggestions for revision.
- Rewrite, polish and fine tune
your article or photograph or print, following the feedback supplied to
you by the Publisher and editorial staff.
- The Editorial Board is directed
by the Publisher to produce a final version of each newspaper and to distribute
copies to the entire class.
- Read the opposing viewpoint
newspaper. Evaluate the other paper by means of a Peer
Review form. The evaluation process is done at the departmental level.
In other words, if you are a Mobilization Unit reporter on one paper,
you review the work of a mobilization reporter on the other paper.
- Join in a general question and
answer session and voice your concerns to the Publisher or Editorial Board.
Engage in a discussion of the essential
questions.
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