PLEASE HELP Creating a Colonial Georgia
News paper Student Guide
Purpose
Create a newspaper about life, government, and trade in colonial Georgia.
Assignment Prompt
In this assignment, you will create a newspaper about colonial Georgia.
Your newspaper will consist of the following elements.
• A headline story
• Two smaller stories (an interview, a profile story, or another news piece)
• A letter to the editor
• An advertisement Assignment Instructions
Step 1: Gather materials and necessary information.
a) Review your Unit 3 eNotes about colonial Georgia.
b) Choose at least five topics from this list to include in your newspaper.
 The trustees’ rules
 A short biography of James Oglethorpe
 The demands of the malcontents
 The contributions of the Salzburgers
 The contributions of the Highland Scots
 The accomplishments and failures of one of the three royal governors
 The growth of slavery
 Life for settlers in the backcountry
 The causes and effects of either the War of Jenkins’ Ear or the Battle of Bloody
Marsh
 Life in colonial Savannah
c) Create a strong newspaper that is detailed, has a clear organization, and makes good use of
text and graphics.
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d) Ask your teacher whether you will be using presentation, drawing, word-processing, or
artistic software to develop the newspaper.
e) You may download the following template to create your newspaper.
Step 2: Consider the required elements of the newspaper.
a) Your newspaper should include a headline story. A headline story is a paper’s biggest, most
important story.
News stories should:
 provide key facts, such as answers to who, what, where, when, and why.
 attempt to show all sides of a story in a balanced way.
b) Your newspaper should include an interview.
 An interview is a report of a conversation.
c) Your newspaper should include a letter to the editor.
 A letter to the editor is written by a reader to give an opinion on a topic.
d) Your newspaper should include an advertisement.
 An advertisement is a promotion of a product for sale.
Step 3: Think about these steps for creating a successful newspaper.
a) Plan – Sketch out your newspaper and articles on a piece of paper.
b) Draft – Create a rough draft of your newspaper.
c) Revise – Review your work, correct mistakes, and make improvements.
Step 4: Evaluate your newspaper using this checklist. When you can answer “yes” to all of
the questions, you are ready to submit your newspaper.
Yes No Evaluation question
Does your newspaper use visuals effectively?
Does your newspaper use correct punctuation and grammar?
Does your newspaper present information in ways that will engage your audience?
Does your newspaper use language that is appropriate to your audience and format?
Does your newspaper capture the interest of the audience?
Does your newspaper include important details, statistics, facts, and images?
Does your newspaper include all of the required elements described above?
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Step 5: Revise and submit your newspaper.
a) If you were unable to answer “yes” to all of the questions on the checklist, revise and save
the newspaper before submitting it.
b) When you have completed your newspaper, return to the virtual classroom and use the
“Browse for file” option to locate and submit your assignment. Ask your teacher for
assistance if necessary. Congratulations! You have created a newspaper about colonial
Georgia.
c) Ask your teacher for further instructions about whether you will be presenting your
newspaper to an audience of your peers.