1. Fahrenheit 451
Newspaper Log

2. Overview This research project serves two purposes:
Reinforces the themes and experiences that Ray Bradbury describes in Fahrenheit This will help to make meaning of the text.
You will investigate and consider how issues in the novel are reflected in today’s world, including censorship, protest, impact of technology on humans.

3. Newspaper/News Magazine Log
Must include 5 articles from current newspapers, news sites, or news magazines that deal with the key topics.
Must be full news articles. Do not include advertisements or short news briefs.
Original articles, not photocopies.
May only have 3 articles from internet.

4. Article Requirements
Cut out neatly, mount on paper, and organize in a binder.
Include Publication, Article Title, Writer, Date
You will then highlight important sections of the article.
Organize in binder with a typed cover page (including project title, your name, and period) and a typed table of contents providing title of each article and page number on which it will be found in the packet.

5. Article Responses How did reading this article make you feel, and why?
For each article, you will answer the following questions (each response must be at least 5 sentences):
How did reading this article make you feel, and why?
What you learned overall about censorship, protest, or technology. What do you understand or know now that you did not before?
How does the article connect to the themes or content of Fahrenheit 451?

6. Newspaper/Magazine Suggestions
Print
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Christian Science Monitor
Orange County Register
Los Angeles Times
U-T San Diego
NPR.org
Press-Enterprise
Time
Newsweek
Internet
Online versions of print sources listed to right
Reuters.com
AP.org (Associated Press) UPI.com (United Press Int)
CNN
NPR.org (National Public Radio)
BBC.com/news (British Broadcast Corp.)

7. Newspaper Log Due Date
Tuesday, February 14