1. Extra! Extra! 1920s Newspaper!
Group assignment due Friday, November 2, 2018
For
Mr. Peoples’ US History classes

2. The Task
Working as part of a 2-4 person “editorial board,” or alone as a “rogue journalist,” you will over the next week create a newspaper summarizing some of the major events of the 1920s
This is a group project with a group grade – what one scores, all score
A final edition of your paper will be due on Friday, November 2, 2018
With great work comes great reward – this assignment is worth 100 points

3. Publishing Guidelines
Your paper is to contain specific types of articles, which are to report on aspects of life in the decade
The newspaper should be aligned portrait-style, broken into 3 or 4 columns
Your choice as to how many columns – just make sure that they’re uniform throughout, and of a font size that can be read without being so large as to limit you to 1-2 words per line
Of particular importance to all articles are the datelines and bylines – ensure yours matches the subject of your articles. Every item must include its own dateline, as well as a byline
Your articles must be completed on the page for which they were assigned – no "continued on page 3s."
Use of captioned, credited images is encouraged, but not at the expense of informative articles
All images must be credited with Turabian footnote-style citations and captioned by your group
In other words, don’t try to skimp on content by supersizing something you downloaded from the internet

4. Page 1 Page 1 details Masthead
Paper motto
Paper name
Place & date of publication
Class period
Headline & Major Domestic News Story w/ image – ½ page
Major International Development Story – ¼ page
Image optional
Presidential Election Results Story w/ image or map – ¼ page
Lead Story: The headline, and photo or image, should take up ¼ of the page; the accompanying article another ¼ page.
Int’l Development: up to half the space may be used for an image, map, etc., but the article must be of sufficient depth that the reader knows what is transpiring, who is involved, and why it is important that the reader knows about it.
Presidential Election: Up to half this space may be used for images related to a campaign – candidate pictures, electoral maps, etc. – but the article must include an adequate description of the campaign's candidates, issues, and analysis of the electoral results.

5. US News/Science & Health
Page 2 – Domestic & Local News
Page 3 – Science and Health
2 Domestic News articles – ¼ page each
Should be national in nature/impact
At least 1 should use an image; optional for the other
1 Colorado or Boulder News article – ¼ page
This one may require some digging…
Image optional
Imprint – ¼ page
your class period
the first and last name of everyone in your group
Responsibilities (pages, content, etc.) of each group member
the editor, if used, credited as such
1 News Article on a Development in Science in the 1920s – ¼ page
1 News Article on a Development in Health in the 1920s – ¼ page
1 ½-page Advertisement
Make up a product or store, or use an actual example – just make me believe I’m looking at something that came from the 1920s

6. Page 4 – Arts & Entertainment
A&E/Opinion
Page 4 – Arts & Entertainment
Page 5 - Opinion
1 Article on Developments in the Arts
1 Article on Developments in Music
1 Article on a 1920s Fad
1 Book Review or Article on Developments in Literature
1 Editorial on an issue facing Colorado in the 1920s
This one could require some research…
1 Political Cartoon
It’s okay to import a cartoon, so long as you credit the original artist and explain its meaning in your own words in a caption
If an original work, credit the artist, but don’t worry about the explanation – I’ll know what it’s about, right?
1 Opinion Column on an issue facing the US in the 1920s
1-2 Letters to the Editor regarding Political Issues in the 1920s

7. Sports/Obits/Business
Page 6 – Sports, Obits, Business
Notes on Aesthetics
1 or 2 News Articles on important developments in Sports w/ image or graphic – ½ page
1 Obituary of a famous person who died in the 1920s – ¼ page
1 News Article on Developments in Business & Industry in the 1920s
You’re after uniformity and precision here – make your paper look as much like a newspaper as you can
On all but the first page, you may include advertisements, etc., to fill up any small bits of leftover space you might have
Don’t oversize your images – the idea is to use them to help tell the story, not occupy all the story’s space on the page