Rome Project Ideas - Glen Ridge Public Schools



Roman Newspaper Project

DUE MONDAY – MAY 13th

Your Task:

For our unit on Ancient Rome, you will be creating a newspaper front page as a culminating activity. This newspaper will be comprised of a number of articles related to topics that we will be learning about during the unit. For the next few weeks, you will have a newspaper article or newspaper feature due each Wednesday. At the end of the unit, you will place all of your articles and newspaper features together to create a newspaper published during Ancient Rome. Each article you write must be historically accurate and properly cited.

Project Requirements

1. Newspaper Name (Something relating to the unit like The Roman Tribune)

2. Three Articles

3. Three Feature Elements (editorial, political cartoon, comic strip, advertisement, obituary)

4. Assembled to look like a newspaper. (You may use a newspaper template and print on

larger paper or a poster board)

5. WORK CITED PAGE (Separate from project, Proper MLA Format)

Newspaper Article Requirements:

Each article needs to follow the requirements listed below:

1. Title – interesting and catchy (Be creative…you want to grab the readers attention)

2. Typed , Times New Roman or Arial, 12-Point Font

3. Proper Essay Form

• Introductory paragraph

• Body paragraphs

• Conclusion paragraph

4. 1 ½ to 2 pages (300 to 500 words)

Newspaper Feature Requirements:

A newspaper not only consists of articles, but also advertisements, cartoons and other features. In addition to your three articles, you will create three of the following newspaper features.

*You must choose three different types of newspaper features.*

Choose Three of the Following Features to Include in Your Newspaper:

1. Editorial

An article expressing an opinion on a particular historical issue of the times

• Include a title that grabs the reader’s attention

2. A Comic

A series of drawings that depict an event from Roman history in a humorous way

• Include a title for your comic

• If you choose a comic, you must use color!

Ancient Rome Project Grading Rubric

Each assignment will be graded based on historical accuracy, and whether or not the student followed the requirements noted above.

Individual Assignments

Article #1 (Due Date April 24th) ________/15 points

Article #2 (Due Date May 3rd) ________/15 points

Article #3 (Due Date May 8th) ________/15 points

Final Product

Title of Newspaper ________/ 5 points

Assembly ________/ 10 points

Three assigned articles (Total from above) ________/ 45 points

Three newspaper feature choices ________/ 15 points

Work Cited ________/ 10 points

Rubric ________/ 5 points

Final Grade ________/90 total

Sunday |Monday |Tuesday |Wednesday |Thursday |Friday |Saturday | |21

|22 |23 |24

Article 1 due |25 |26 |27 | |28 |29

NJASK |30

NJASK |May 1

NJASK |2

NJASK |3

Article 2 due |4 | |5

|6 |7 |8

Article 3 Due |9 |10 |11 | |12

|13

Project Due |14 |15 |16 |17 |18 | |April/May

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