The Philadelphia
Gazette
A Webquest for the historical fiction novel
Fever, 1793
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Online Resources
Here are some online resources you can use to acquire information for your articles
Yellow Fever/History of Philadelphia Article:
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www.historycentral.com
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www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/past/index.html
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www.ushistory.org/philadelphia/
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www.health.state.nysdoh/comminicalbe_diseases/en/yellow.htm
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www.xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/ww/fever.html
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www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/history.html
Article about a doctor:
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www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/deveze.html
Article about the Free African American Society
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www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part 3/index.html
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• You are a journalist for the
fictional newspaper, the
Philadelphia Gazette. Your
city has been raging with the
fires of Yellow Fever. The
epidemic has taken over the
city and it is your journalistic
duty to get the news to the
people. Your deadline for
publication is around the
corner. Get that scoop!!
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The Task
Philadelphia, circa 1790
Your job is to collect information
about the historical aspects of the
Yellow Fever Epidemic discussed
in the historical fiction novel,
Fever, 1793. You will write four
articles and design your own
Philadelphia Gazette. You will
write the following four articles:
an article about the yellow fever
epidemic (include some
background history of the city of
Philadelphia), one article about a
real doctor who played a role in
the control of the epidemic, one
article about the Free African
Society, and one obituary of a
character that died in the story.
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The Process: Step One
Using the novel Fever 1793 and Internet links, you will
research, write, and edit your Philadelphia Gazette. You
will write your articles as if you are a journalist living in
Philadelphia during the yellow fever epidemic. There is a
shortage of paper, and your group realizes that the next
edition will be the last one for awhile. You have just
enough paper to put out a two page edition.
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The Process: Step Two
When you publish your newspaper, you shall include:
•A minimum of five historically correct vocabulary words
•Four or more historically accurate graphics.
As individual reporter, you will be using your news writing skills to submit
an article on all of the following topics:
•An article about the disease, Yellow Fever. This should include
information about historical Philadelphia in the 1790's.
•An obituary of a fever victim or someone in the story.
•An article which makes reference to the Free African Society.
•An article which references Dr. Benjamin Rush and Dr. Jean
Graphic Organizer
Deveze.
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The Process: Step Three
Once you have finished researching and writing your articles. You
must design your newspaper. Use construction paper. This part is up
to you. Check out the newspapers from the 18th century to see how they
were designed, and model your newspaper in the same format. You
must include:
•The name of the newspaper: The Philadelphia Gazette
•A title for each article
•A fictional date, volume and number
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Sample Newspaper Layout
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Congratulations!
You have finished.
Turn in your newspaper for final publication!!
EXTRA! EXTRA!
READ ALL ABOUT IT
HERE FIRST!!
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