Fever 1793 Newspaper Project - 5th grade



Fever 1793 Newspaper Project [pic]

EXTRA! EXTRA! In order to demonstrate what you are comprehending from the text, you are going to construct a newspaper front page with the following items.

 

 

You must do both of the following:

An article about one of the famous people mentioned in the text (Charles Wilson Peale, Richard Allen, Jean Pierre Blanchard, Dr. Benjamin Rush, or Stephen Girard). 10 pts

A Doctor’s memo about the symptoms and treatment of yellow fever. 10 pts

You must choose one of the following: 10 pts

An article about colonial fashion

An obituary for a character from the book that died of yellow fever.

An interview with a character from the book that helped yellow fever victims (5 questions/answers).

You must do all of the following:

A recipe for one of the colonial dishes mentioned in the text. 10 pts

A time appropriate advertisement (for a person, place, object, or service). 10 pts

A picture with a caption (must be hand drawn, relevant, and showing effort). 8 pts

A crossword puzzle with 5 vocabulary words and 5 clues. 10 pts

An appropriate newspaper title and date. 2 pts

20 index cards with research. 20 pts

A 5 source works cited that follows given format, which will be graded separately.

Proofread and following proper format. 10 pts to start, minus 1 pt for each mistake.

TOTAL: 100 points

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