U.S. History – Civil War Newspaper Project
Assignment: Given a specific event, you and a partner are to create a reproduction of a
newspaper that reports on that event.
Due Date: Tuesday April 8, 2014
Event:________________________________________
Your Newspaper must include the following:
1. A feature story on the battle you are assigned
DONE:______
2. Two separate biographies and photographs of the generals who were involved
in the battle. DONE:______
3. A bar graph of casualties of the battle.
DONE:______
4. A map of the battle
DONE:_______
5. Primary Source political cartoon from the Civil War
DONE:_____
6. Fillers (Things that make it look like a newspaper: weather, comics, ads, little
known facts, interesting stories, pictures etc.)
DONE:_____
Grading:
30pts – Feature Story (Contains: dates, events leading to the battle, comparison of
opposing forces, outcome).
5pts – Bar Graph
5pts – Political Cartoon
10pts – Map – With Caption
20pts – Biographies (10pts each) – With Pictures
30pts – Design of Newspaper (Neatness, Grammar, Headlines, Columns, Fillers).
Total: 100 pts (Grade will be divided in two for 50 pts each – however, I reserve the
right to add or take points from group members if there is an unequal effort).
Timetable:
Time Management is very important to getting this assignment completed. I have given
you a timetable that you should use as a guide to make sure you are using your time
correctly.
*End of day two: Rough draft of Feature story
*End of day three: Rough draft of Biographies
*End of day four: Map and Bar Graph
*End of day five: Begin filling columns
Instructions for each section:
Feature Story:
You must write a feature story on the event you are assigned. The feature story
will be about a battle during the American Civil War and should contain the following:
-A headline
-The facts of the event (When, Where, Strategy of both sides, Who
won, the results of the battle)
- Correct grammar – in paragraph form
-A map of the battle
-Remember to write this as if you are describing it to readers during
the Civil War.
-A Bar graph that includes the number of killed and
wounded for the North and a bar graph showing the same for the
South.
Biographies:
A biography of the commanders in your feature story:
-Early life (Birth, family, children, education, occupations)
-Military career
-I realize this paper is to be written as it would appear soon after your
battle but please have you biographies examine the leaders until the
end of their lives.