Industrial and New Global Age 1800 -1914 Project

Name- ______

Industrial and New Global Age 1800 -1914 Project

DUE DATE: Periods 1 and 3- January 23rd Periods 6- January 24th

Newspaper

Students will construct a newspaper section depicting the events that took place from 1800-1914, using their notes and the world history textbook (chapters 19,21,22,23)

1.  Students must construct at least 3 articles from the following topics

____ Union/strikes

____ Nationalism

____ Social and Economic Reforms

____ Expansion of the U.S

____ Urbanization

2.  Students must construct at least 2 advertisements from the following topics

____ Rise of Cities

____ New Transportation

____ New Inventions

____ Investment Opportunities

____ Expansion of the U.S

3.  Students must construct at least 2 political cartoons from the following topics

____ Nationalism

____ Differences between Social Classes

____ Suffrage

____ Social/Economic Reform

4.  Students must include an obituary page with at least 3 deaths and the cause.

5.  Students must also include a classified section with at least 3 job listings (must include salary, job title, location, and job description )

6.  Newspaper (articles, obituary, classified, advertisement, and political

cartoons) must coincide with the Industrial Revolution era

7.  Newspaper must be historically accurate or points will be deducted

8.  Newspaper can be done on the computer or drawn on construction paper.

9.  Use this paper to check off what you have and have not completed. Submit this rubric with your newspaper for grading.

10.  Be creative and have fun with it!

Criteria / Points possible / Points given
Title of Paper / 3 points / Total- /3
Articles (3) / 24 (8 points each)
Headline- 1 point
Main Idea- 1 point
Major details- 1 point
Cause of event- 1 point
Resolution of event-1 point
Correct Dates- 1 point
Historically Accurate- 1 point
Correct Grammar- 1 point / Article 1- ______/8
Article 2- ______/8
Article 3- ______/8
Total- /24
Ads (2) / 6 (3 points each)
Image – 1 point
Slogan/message- 1 point
Historically accurate-1 point / Ad 1- ______/3
Ad 2- ______/3
Total- /6
Political Cartoon (2) / 8 (4 points each)
Title- 1 point
Visuals- 1 point
Words- 1 point
Accuracy- 1 point / Political Cartoon 1- ______/4
Political Cartoon 2- ______/4
Total- /8
Obituary (3) / 3 points (1 point each)
Name & Cause of Death / Obituary 1- ______/1
Obituary 2- ______/1
Obituary 3- ______/1
Total - /3
Classified ads (2) / 6 points (2 points each)
Job Title
Job Description- 1point
Pay- 1 point / Classified Ad 1- ______/2
Classified Ad 2- ______/2
Classified Ad 3- ______/2
Total- / 6
Extra Credit (5) / 5 points total
Create a word puzzle using 15 vocabulary terms from the
Industrial Era. / Total- /5
Extra Credit (3) / 3 points (1 point each)
Create a real estate listing
including location, size and price. / Total- /3
Total / 50 points / Total- /50