1. News Report Unit 2 – Summative Project KEY LEARNING POINTS

2. Key Elements of a News Report 1.Headline Catches your attention Provides an overall summary of the story 2.Byline Writer’s name Writer’s speciality (e.g., home front, battlefront) 3.Place-Line Where the story begins 4.Lead Contains opening section Presents important information Provides answers to 5Ws (i.e., who, what, where, when, why) 5.Body Supplies details of the story Presents most important details first Consists of simple, true statements 6.Quotation Offers statements from witnesses or key players Adds accuracy Adds “at the scene” feeling

4. YOUR ASSIGNMENT: War News Create your own group of reporters (three members) to report on the war. Each reporter MUST write their own article. Your team’s complete project must cover the following areas:  ONE WWI battle story specific to the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF)  ONE Home Front issues (specific to Canada but not covered in third element such as the Conscription Crisis, Victory Bonds, Income Tax, purple gas and rationing, white flower campaign)  ONE story specific to a negative or discriminatory event in Canada OR ONE story specific to the Canadian government and their policies or actions Time Frame: Your article events must relate to WWI AND require some relationship to Canada’s identity. This will require communication within your group. You will be required to submit a progress report (point form) identifying the year and the events covered by each person in the group. Other Required Elements: (1) Title for newspaper (2) Bibliography/Reference list (3) Images and pictures with each article

5. Income Tax Internment of Enemy Aliens (Ukrainians) In Flander’s Field poem composed December 6, 1917 Halifax Explosion Sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland 29 May 1914 Annie Langstaff Elizabeth Smellie February 3, 1916 Parliament Buildings in Ottawa burn Migratory Bird Act 1917 Louise McKinney elected as Alberta MPP Spanish Flu Victory Bonds Borden becomes part of Imperial War Council – 23 February 1917 HMHS Llandovery Castle sinking June 27, 1918 Possible 1914-1920 Topics 1916 Manitoba women right to vote Conscription Crisis 1918 CNR formed 1917 Russia-Germany ceasefire agreement 1917 USA enters war Old Age Pension 1916 Cochrane Fire Trench Raid success 23 February 1915 First Trans-Atlantic air flight 14 June 1919 1915 Pyrex invented / ice box introduced Mary Pickford Kinmel Park mutiny 4 March 1919 Currie becomes Canada’s Commander-in-Chief 8 June 1917 1919 Winnipeg General Strike Chitase Uchida Edmonton Grads women’s basketball team Halifax Explosion League of Indians

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