To Kill a Mockingbird Introductory Project
- To be completed after the webquest using the information you found.

 

Your goal: After collecting information about the Depression era with the webquest, you will use it to:
 

OPTION #1

- Imagine you are a reporter during this era. Create a newspaper front page, detailing one or two events or trends that occurred in America during the depression. This might include the bank holiday, the growth of labor unions, the New Deal, segregation, or others. Your newspaper should have a name and date, and your article(s) should include a headline, author, the facts, quotes from people involved (these can be made up), and an illustration.

Newspaper Rubric:

Newspaper heading (name, date)

2

Article 1 –

Headline
Byline (author)
At least three facts gathered from webquest
At least two quotes
Illustration, photo, or graphic


2

1

6

4

3

Article 2 –

Headline
Byline (author)
At least three facts gathered from webquest
At least two quotes
Illustration, photo, or graphic

Note: If you use only one article, it must include 6 facts, four quotes, and two images, and it will be worth 32 points instead of 16.


2

1

6

4

3

Presentation

Spelling, Grammar, & Puncuation

Layout (easy to read, newspaper style)
Word processed or neatly compiled on plain, 8x11 paper

 

 

2

2

2

TOTAL POINTS:

40


 

OPTION #2

 

-          Imagine you are a teenager living in the south in this era. Write a letter to your cousin in the northern United States in which you share some of your experiences. This might include the kind of food your family is eating, the jobs your parents are working (or the jobs they have lost), and the things you do to entertain yourself. – AND -  Write a letter to the mayor of your town. Tell him about the differences you see in the treatment of blacks and whites in your town. Detail what you think he should do to make things more fair and equal.

 

Letters Rubric:

Letter 1 (to cousin)

-          Must include at least four historically accurate examples of the daily life of teenagers and their families in the south during the Great Depression.

-          Must reference one difference between your southern and your cousin’s northern lifestyles.

-          Must be spelled, punctuated, & formatted correctly.

-          Must be word processed.

-          Must be one page in length (minimum).


12

 

 

2

 

2

2

2

Letter 2 (to Mayor)

-          Must include the name of the town in which you live and the name of the mayor (may be fictional).

-          Must include at least two historically accurate examples of the unequal treatment of black people in the south during the Great Depression.

-          Must include your personal feelings on the treatment of black people.

-          Must include at least one suggestion on what the mayor can do to make things more equal for all the town’s residents.

-          Must be spelled, punctuated, & formatted correctly.

-          Must be word processed.

-          Must be one page in length (minimum).


1

 

6

 

 

3

 

4

 

 

2

2

2

TOTAL POINTS:

40

 


***EXTRA CREDIT POLICY FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:
 Extra credit can only be earned if all the basic requirements of the project are met. Extra credit will be awarded for ‘published’ newspaper articles beyond the minimum, further elaboration within the letters, or extra creative efforts in either project. No extra credit will be awarded for projects turned in after the due date.

 

Examples:
- Newspaper: an editorial, an additional news article and graphic, a period-appropriate advertisement
- Letter: an illustration of ‘you’ and your ‘cousin’ included in the letter, actual historical incidents cited in letter to mayor.