Create a newspaper about the American Revolution.  You will need to write four types of articles that detail certain events of the war.  You will also need to include illustrations in order to highlight the articles you write.  Remember that newspaper articles include the "who, what, when, where, why, and how" information and are written in third person.  The entire paper should include a Name, reasonable date and contain only accurate, well documented information.  The last page (instead of classified ads) will be a bibliography in MLA format.

Types of articles:
Battle:   Write an article about a significant battle of the American Revolution.
Leader:   Write an article about a significant leader of the American Revolution.  This person could be a Patriot, Loyalist, Tory,  military leader, Englishman, Frenchman, Hessian, or American Indian.
Political:  Write an article explaining the reasons the colonists are creating such a disturbance. What do they think is so unfair?
Article of Choice: Write an article of your choice; this could be a human interest story, an editorial, or an article about the soldiers who are fighting the war. 

Each article should be 2-4 paragraphs in length. 

In order to make the newspaper "come alive" you will want to illustrate it.  Illustration can be hand-drawn (as they were during the American Revolution), from the internet, or reproduced from magazines or books.  Illustration should compliment the article they accompany. 

Type the articles if possible in double column format. 

Grade of "C":
     Newspaper format in double columns with title
    One each of the following articles:  battle, leader, political, article of choice.

Grade of "B"
    All components of "C" grade and
    Four additional articles to include: editorial, cartoon,  "Man on the Street" interview, food article, or fashion article.

Grade of "A"
    All components of a "B" grade and
     Theme to the newspaper.  You may wish to make it a Loyalist paper, a Bostonian paper, a paper for Washington's army, or from the men under command of the "Swamp Fox".  It could be a newspaper published in France (translated for my convenience into English) supporting the American Revolution, or it could be published in Germany to recruit Hessians.  It could be a newspaper dedicated to the naval contributions of either side.  It could be a paper published by the free black community or the American Indian community.  Be sure to document your sources. 


Grading Sheet:

_____Number of articles ( 4, 8, More) (25 points)

_____ Name of newspaper (10 points)

_____Double column format  (10 points)

_____Bibliography in MLA format (20 points)

_____Illustrations (10 points)

_____Additional numbers of articles (10 points)

_____Theme (15 points)

_____Extra credit (?)


_____Total Points