Objective:
As groups of 5, students will create a newspaper that explores different topics of the Westward Expansion (1803-1870).
Day 9-18: EXTRA! EXTRA! Read all about it! - In this 2 week project, groups will be creating a newspaper on Westward Expansion. In groups of 5, each student will be assigned to writing a news article based on the research they already performed days before (3 days). Students will be responsible for typing up their news article on Google doc, share their article to be edited by two peers, then share with the teacher to review. The newspaper will contain an article from each of the following: 1 Westward expansion, 1 California Gold Rush, and 3 chosen major events. After that, each student will carry out a different role to complete a published newspaper: editor, graphic artist/illustrator, 3 staff writers. Other additional articles/parts to be included will be pictures, classifieds, business advertisements, entertainment and food.