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Lesson Plan: Create a Newspaper

Name:

Assignment:

Get your Press Pass ready! You have now become the editors of your own single issue of a newspaper. Your job is to cover the Amish community that is your neighboring city.Be sure that you base your comments on facts and cite the sources for those facts.

There are four things that are required for your newspaper:

  1. A news article about the beliefs of the Amish people.
  2. A news article about the concept of mandatory education for the Amish. Be sure that you show both sides of the controversy. Be sure you give information about the Wisconsin vs. Yoder court case.
  3. An editorial from the point of view of a person being shunned. Be sure to explain the concept of shunning and its origins.
  4. Some advertisements that show various commercial products for which the Amish are famous.

Optional Items

You may include other items, such as political cartoons, drawings, pictures, information about other controversies around the Amish and other material in which you are interested.

Resources

A Simple Life http://www.pbs4549.org/SIMPLIFE.HTM

The Amish http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

Amish FAQ http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/amishfaq.htm

About the Amish http://www.amish-heartland.com/?topic=+Amish+Culture

Amish Door http://www.amishdoor.com/

Dutch Harvest Restaurant http://www.amish-r-us.com/DHR1.html

Schrock's Amish Farm http://www.amish-r-us.com/farm.html

Dining Hotlist http://www.amish-heartland.com/?topic=+Dining+and+Food

Lehman's General Store http://www.lehmans.com

Holmes County a Special Place http://www.visitamishcountry.com/places_to_shop.htm

Amish Alley http://www.amishalley.com/default.htm

Quilt Store Hotlist http://www.quilt.com/Stores/Midwest/Ohio.html

Amish Traditions http://www.minervacheese.com/store/

The Mennonite Information Center and Biblical Tabernacle Reproduction http://www.mennoniteinfoctr.com/

Citing Your Sources

To help you use the correct citation of your sources, go to http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/4184/

Criteria for Group Grade -- Newspaper Evaluation

Overall content of articles ..................................................................................... 30

Readability ............................................................................................................ 20

Follows directions ................................................................................................. 10

Research information (accuracy, citations, etc.) .................................................... 10

Design clarity (use of color, neatness, etc.) ........................................................... 10

Group participation (effective use of time, discussion, cooperation) ................... 10

Design creativity ..................................................................................................... 5

Grammar, spelling ................................................................................................... 5

TOTAL 100

Criteria for individual grade:

Your individual grade is worth 50 points. This is based on the following:

  • The accuracy of the information in your articles.
  • The quality of the writing in your article.
  • Whether the directions were carefully followed.
  • The grammar and spelling.
  • The citing of your sources.

Photo 2000, Doyle Yoder Productions, Inc. For more about Doyle Yoder?s Amish photos, please visit www.ohioamish.com Photo was taken from the book America?s Amish Country II, published by America?s Amish Country Publications

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