Student Handout
Progressive Era Newspapers
You will have 4 days to create a short newspaper written in the style
of Progressive Era “Muckrakers”. You will be working in groups of
3 or 4. You will be writing on topics of the Progressive Era, or
you may choose to write about current issues in the muckraking style.
You will have 4 days in the computer lab to complete this project.
You will most likely have to use out-of-school time to finish the
project by the due date.
You will need to include the following items in your newspaper:
* 4 articles focusing on issues related to Progressivism - corruption,
moral issues, social issues, etc.
* 1 article written as a “bio” piece on an important figure of
the Progressive Era
* 1 editorial essay written on an appropriate Progressive topic
* if your group has 4 members, you will need to include 1 additional
“bio” article and 1 additional editorial or issue article
* you will need to create a name and format for your paper (the
format must be consistent throughout your paper: font, spacing, etc.)
* include at least 1 photo, chart or diagram for each article
You should make you paper as neat and professional as possible.
You will be graded on your portion of the newspaper, however a portion
of the professionalism grade will reflect the whole group’s work.
The paper is DUE Wednesday, November 20 at
the beginning of the hour.
Grading:
content 25
neatness 20
creativity 15
professionalism 20
Total 80
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