Mockingbird+PBL

//To Kill a Mockingbird //Project Driving Question: In what forms to social injustices exist today?

In this project, your group will be a newspaper staff. You will be responsible for creating two (2) editions of a newspaper. The first will be a paper based on Alabama in the 1930s--the same time period the novel is based on. You will focus on social injustices of that time period. In the second edition, your group will focus on an event that has occured within the last 15 years. You will need to follow the directions that are specified below. Be sure to follow the rubric.



The Maycomb Gazette Each group will be divided into four jobs:

﻿Editor-in-Chief: 1. You will be writing and creating stories along with the rest of your staff, but you must be able to see the "bigger picture." What will your newspaper look like? What will be your color scheme? Which pictures will you use to compliment your newspaper? These are the types of questions you have to pose to yourself and to your staff. While you should try to come to a group consensus, remember that you are there to guide. You also have to make sure that the ads and articles all have a similar "voice" and fit with the time period we are studying.
 * You are the person who is responsible for seeing that all work is completed in this task. You must be able to work well with the rest of your "staff" in order to be successful. Your responsibilities include, but are not limited to: ||

2. Assist the staff with deciding who will be responsible for what articles/ads, etc. A story list will be due to Coach Phillips on the class calendar that has been provided. You, and you alone, are responsible for completing this list and making sure that it is accurate.

3. Proofread everything that will be put into the final product after both the research editor and the layout editor have proofed the text. 

__**Layout Editor: **__ 2. For the finished product, you will use Microsoft Publisher to create your paper.
 * 1. Besides working on the articles and the ads for the paper, you will be responsible for designing (with the input of the Editor-in-Chief and your fellow staff members) the overall appearance of your paper. It is your job to decide where the articles are going to be placed and how they are going to be arranged with pictures, ads, and other entries. ||

<span style="color: #00ff81; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Your responsibility includes developing your own articles and advertisements for the newspaper. You will also be responsible for proofreading the work of the other members of the staff BEFORE it is placed in the paper. You share the responsibility with the editor-in chief, but each piece needs to be thoroughly investigated by the both of you. Remember, you don't want any errors to prevent the meaning from being clearly communicated.
 * __<span style="color: #00ff81; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Copy Editor: __**

<span style="color: #542154; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">You are not expected to research each detail. However, read through the articles and have a good sense of what happened in the South throughout the 1930s. If you come across inaccurate information, direct it immediately back to the writer. This is a major part of the assignment and it is critical that you are accurate in your facts and details. > __<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">1930s Edition __ > > [|"Growing up Black in the South"] > > [|"Growing up White in the South"] > > > ** 2 News Stories, 1 Feature Story, 1 Editorial, 1 Residential Interview ** > All of these must be accurate with the plot of the story. > ** Entertainment, Advice Column, Sports, Food, Comics, Community Column ** > All of these must be accurate, but some creativity will be allowed. > >
 * __<span style="color: #542154; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">Research Editor: __**
 * <span style="color: #542154; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%;">While you will be working on developing your own articles and advertisements, you will also be responsible for doing a "double check" of the historical accuracy of the facts and details presented within the paper. ||
 * 1) <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Explore the links below to explore events of the time period Harper Lee lived. These articles will give you great insight into why she chose to write this novel. Create a Google Doc entiled "Mockingbird Background," and type a two paragraph summary of each article. (due Friday, November 12)  [|The Scottsboro Boys]
 * 1) Now that you have developed a little background knowledge, it is time to begin working on your paper. The following things must be included in the paper:
 * 1) Your paper should also include 2 of the following:
 * 1) All of your headlines and storylines will be due in an email to Coach Phillips on Monday, November 15, 2010.
 * 2) You will type your stories into a Google doc or into a Word document. On November 22 and 23, you will put these stories into the Microsoft Word template below.
 * 1) The final draft will be due on Monday, December 13.