Mini-project: The Front Page of a Newspaper
Your group will produce the front page of a fictitious newspaper that could have existed in a real American city or town, on a real day, and accurately covers a "landmark" Supreme Court Case.
Your newspaper is fictitious, but from the front page, readers will:
1. Believe that your newspaper represents the actual news from a specific town on a specific date. Your frontpage should be "broadsheet" size, which is 15 inches wide by 22.75" inches tall.
2. Read at least one article written by every member of your group.
3. See a small masthead that lists the even and fair division of labor in your group (normally this is not on the front page of a newspaper, but for this mini-project, it needs to be there).
4. See at least one journalistic image (an historically-accurate photograph or drawing), one map, one political cartoon and one chart or graph.
5. See only the original work of the members of your group.
Consider:
What type of news you would like to report?
How do you decide what date your paper should have?
How do you decide what location your paper should be based in?
Turn in:
Three or more annotated resources midway through the project (Thursday, Oct. 11).
One pdf document that is broadsheet sized and meets all reasonable professional standards for newspaper layout, design, editing, photography, etc.
What is a "landmark" Supreme court Case?
Every once in a while, the Supreme Court makes a decision that significantly alters the interpretation of a law, creates new legal precedents, and often impacts the lives of many people.
Check out these links for more info:
http://www.streetlaw.org/en/landmark/home
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_landmark_court_decisions_in_the_United_States