To
Kill a Mockingbird
Final Project
You will be working in groups of 5 or 6 to create a newspaper related
to reading of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird.
- Each person in your group
will be responsible for the content of
one page.
- All members will work
together to create an original,
creative, professional-looking publication. Check paper for spelling/punctuation.
- All parts of your
newspaper should relate to the time
period of the novel (the 1930s).
- All sections of the paper
will be shared with each member of the group, put together into one doc,
and then shared with me.
Your paper should contain the following:
ü Front Page: 3 to 4 Articles. The original name of your
paper on a masthead, at least one major national story, at least one major
story relating to the events in To Kill a
Mockingbird, appropriate photographs and graphics, a legend for the
interior of the paper.
ü Sports and Leisure Page: 3 to 4 Articles. Any articles relating to
sports and/or leisure activities of the 1930s, or stories about sports and
leisure activities mentioned in To Kill a
Mockingbird (i.e. football, sharp shooting, gardening). Must include
advertisements, and photographs.
ü Arts and Entertainment Page: 3 to 4 Articles. Any articles relating to
movies, fashion, and music of the time period and anything else related to
entertainment in the 1930s or from the novel (i.e. Halloween play, church
social). Must include advertisements and photographs.
ü Obituaries (should be chosen by someone who
finished or is going to finish the book): An obituary for each person who
died in the novel as well as people who died in the 1930s. Be sure to include
how they died, what family members they left behind, and a little information
about what they did in the community of Maycomb.
ü Classifieds Page A list of things for
sale, announcements, people looking for dates, services offered in the
community, events coming up, etc.
Everything that you put in the classified section should relate to
someone, something, or some place in To
Kill a Mockingbird (i.e. a bake sale going on to raise money to help
rebuild Miss Maudie’s house). The more
items you can think of to put in the Classifieds, the better.
ü Editorials/Staff Credits: 2 or 3
Letters of personal opinion to the editor on topics relevant to the 1930s or
events that take place in the novel. A
political cartoon should be included as well. A list of all of the people who
worked on your paper and what their jobs were.
It should be a column with names on the left and jobs on the right under
the word “Staff.”
(If your group only has 5 members, Obituaries and Classifieds should be
put on the same page.)
Here's a template to use for your newspaper page.
Good web pages to review:
A site with information about movies, print and society
A site about the New Deal and the Great Depression
Thousands of photos of the Great Depression
Articles about the Great De[ressopm amd the Stock Market
Crash
The history of film in the 20s and 30s
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