Process
Step #1 - Research
With your assigned partner, answer the following questions on your "Research Information" sheet about each of Lincoln's famous speeches/writings, using the links below each set of questions:
Emancipation Proclamation:
*1. Describe the main ideas of the Emancipation Proclamation
*2. What did it do?
*3. What impact did the Emancipation Proclamation have on the economy of the South?
*4. How and why did
*5. What was
*6. What was this an important document?
Research links:
The Gettysburg Address:
*1. Describe the battle of
*2. Who won and how many casualties on each side (Union and Confederacy)?
*3. What was the purpose of his speech?
*4. Explain and define the main ideas of the speech.
5. Why is this an important speech?
Research links:
Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address:
*1. Describe the tone of his speech.
2. How does Lincoln describe the North and the South, and what each side was trying to achieve in the war?
*3. What was
*4. What was
5. Why was this an important speech?
Research links:
Second Library of Congress site
www.abrahamlincolnsclassroom.org
*These questions were taken from this WebQuest
Step #2 - Write your article
Follow the directions below to write your article in a Word document. You have two options for how to write your article.
**The article must explain both the FACTS about the speech/proclamation you chose and the SIGNIFICANCE of the speech/proclamation**
1) Write the article as an eyewitness journalist who was there at the time of your chosen speech/proclamation. Describe the event, the speech/proclamation, etc. as if you witnessed it first-hand.
2) Write the article as a journalist from 2009, explaining your chosen speech/proclamation to your readers (who may not know much about it or why it is important).
1. Headline:
The headline is the title of the article and expresses the main idea of the story using direct and dramatic action verbs and nouns.
2. Byline: Often listed after the title, the byline gives the name of the person writing the story and his or her title.
3. Lead: The lead is the first sentence in the article, and it gives the most important information to “hook” the reader’s attention.
4. Body: The body is the main part of the article, and it contains the five Ws.
Who? What? Where? When? Why?
5. Write three or four important details about the story in addition to answering the 5 "W"s.
6. Include summary or final detail in the last paragraph.
7. The article must be factual and unbiased.
8. Use appropriate writing mechanics: spelling, grammar, voice (3rd person).
Step #3: Design a newspaper front page on Microsoft PowerPoint using the above front page image as a guide. Make sure to inclue the following elements:
- Name of your newspaper
- Date the newspaper will be published
- Main headline
- Sub-headline (underneath the main headline, gives a little more detail)
- Image (search Google Image for photos)
- Byline ("By _______________ and _____________________ )
- Your article!
Print out the final version of your PowerPoint front page and bring it to class.