View Web Lesson and Answer Questions on provided word document

Instructions:

In this activity you will find background information and directions to resources for further research.

Use this link(http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com/portal/Launch?id=609&username=melody9off)

to take you to the SAS Curriculum Pathways Web Lesson.

Student User Name: melody9off

QL# 609

•Download the handouts provided, then select one of the topics listed in step 1.

•Follow the directions to collect information for your news report. Use the handouts and suggestions in step 3.

•Be creative in designing your news report: consider live interviews, costumes and props, and on-location reports.

•Watch several evening news programs to get an idea of how a news segment looks and sounds.

•Write the text of your news program, then complete a video or audio recording of your news report.  

Please Answer the following questions as well as the attatched word document question. Please provide your answers in a word document.

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Westward Expansion Research Guide

Name(s):Class:Date:

Part I: Five W's and One H

Assigned Topic:_________________________________________

Use the suggested sites to research your assigned topic.

Who?

Who are the primary people involved?

What?

What specifically is happening? What are the people involved doing?

When?

When are these events taking place?

Where?

Where are these events taking place?

Why?

Why are these events taking place? What is the goal of the people involved?

How?

How are the people involved accomplishing their goal? What happened?

Part II: Interviewing Eyewitnesses

Eyewitness and participant accounts are a critical element of any news story. Identify three possible participants or eyewitnesses and develop two questions to ask each person. One eyewitness should be an actual historical figure. Create answers to the questions based on information from your research.

Eyewitness #1 _____________________________ (actual historical figure)

Questions and answers:

Eyewitness #2 _____________________________

Questions and answers:

Eyewitness #3 _____________________________

Questions and answers:

Part III: Developing a Lead Paragraph

Write the opening paragraph for your news story. In journalism this is called a lead paragraph. Good leads introduce and summarize a news story, combining elements from the five Ws (Who, What, When, Where, and Why). 

Review the following example of a lead paragraph about the signing of the Declaration of Independence:

 Colonial leaders, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, gathered in Philadelphia in July, 1776 to sign the Declaration of Independence, signifying their determination to officially end the American colonies' relationship with Great Britain. 

Write your lead paragraph below or on a separate page.