HW: Back Roads Packet, Make problem directions
Take a look at the Front Page Poster and answer the following questions on a piece of loose leaf.
1. How do you know what the most important story is on the front page? What are the techniques the newspaper uses to draw your attention to the content?
2. The jump line tells the reader on what page a front-page story continues. Why do front page stories often continue on another page?
3. Some newspapers feature an index on the front page; others feature the index inside the paper. Why might a newspaper want the index on the front page? Why might a newspaper not want it on the front page?
4. Why do you think many newspapers don't feature advertisements on the front page? Consider the role perceptions play when advertisements do appear on the front page.
5. The overline or teaser prompts readers to look at articles inside the newspaper. The key or refer serves the same purpose. What other features on the front page seek to draw the reader's attention to significant stories?
If you finish the assignment above, take a look at the Front Page Archives, and answer 2 of the following questions:
1. Based on what you learned yesterday and in social studies class, do you agree that these events are historically significant? Pick 2 and explain why or why not (first or last time events, impacted many people, impacted many areas of human life, impact lasts a long time).
2. Choose one story from the archive and write about how its historical significance changed or might change over time.
3. How does a news story evolve into a historically significant event? Is there a specific point or time when a news story becomes a historically significant event (remember social studies!). What determines whether or not a story becomes historically significant. Be sure to cite your examples.
