News during the Revolution traveled slowly, there was no texting, no e-mails and there wasn’t even a telegraph. News was printed on paper or spread by word of mouth and traveled at much slower pace than it does today. So what would it have been like had there been T.V. news reporters during those days.
Well we are going to find out, because you are going to become those news reporters. You will get into a small group of 3-4 people. You will create four news segments as described below. First you are to research. Then you will create a script to read. Lastly you will record the news segment with a video camera. You will have to research as a group and present as a group. You are all accountable for the group’s work, so make sure everyone carries their “weight”.
You are to do 4 “News segments”
1. A “look back at the Declaration of Independence”. In this section your script should do such things as look back at the causes of the document and then its creation.
2. Pick any event in the “middle” of the Revolution; this would include such things as the Battle of Trenton, The Siege of Boston, Battle of New York, it could be a special section on one individual like George Washington or John Adams, etc. Make sure you get your topic approved by the teacher before you start creating it.
3. The third section is one to call your own, this can be a section on just about anything with any relevance, or at least a lot of creativity in your making it up. You could be reporting on the weather, covering sports, music, a play, etc.. Keep in mind this section will be interrupted for the last section, and will not be finished. Make sure you get your topic approved by the teacher before you start creating it.
4. Lastly, you are to make a “Breaking News Bulletin; The British have just surrendered at Yorktown!!!!!!” This should be interrupting the regular broadcast during your “creative” story. Cover the events through someone “at the scene” to tell what is happening as the British surrender.
Well we are going to find out, because you are going to become those news reporters. You will get into a small group of 3-4 people. You will create four news segments as described below. First you are to research. Then you will create a script to read. Lastly you will record the news segment with a video camera. You will have to research as a group and present as a group. You are all accountable for the group’s work, so make sure everyone carries their “weight”.
You are to do 4 “News segments”
1. A “look back at the Declaration of Independence”. In this section your script should do such things as look back at the causes of the document and then its creation.
2. Pick any event in the “middle” of the Revolution; this would include such things as the Battle of Trenton, The Siege of Boston, Battle of New York, it could be a special section on one individual like George Washington or John Adams, etc. Make sure you get your topic approved by the teacher before you start creating it.
3. The third section is one to call your own, this can be a section on just about anything with any relevance, or at least a lot of creativity in your making it up. You could be reporting on the weather, covering sports, music, a play, etc.. Keep in mind this section will be interrupted for the last section, and will not be finished. Make sure you get your topic approved by the teacher before you start creating it.
4. Lastly, you are to make a “Breaking News Bulletin; The British have just surrendered at Yorktown!!!!!!” This should be interrupting the regular broadcast during your “creative” story. Cover the events through someone “at the scene” to tell what is happening as the British surrender.
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