Introduction

You are a reporter for The Patriotic Press. Your editor (Miss Chapman) will assign you a person or an event from the American Revolution to research. You will then write a news story that will be published in the classroom newspaper: The Patriotic Press.

You will be assigned the role of reporter for The Patriotic Press. As a reporter, you will be assigned the task of writing a news story on a particular event or person from the American Revolution. You will be responsible for researching your assignment. You will write a news article based on what you have learned.

As a class, we will compile our articles into The Patriotic Press.

To sucessfully complete this WebQuest:

• Accept the job assigned to you by your teacher as a staff member of The Patriotic Press.
• Conduct a staff meeting with your editor (Miss Chapman) to brainstorm ideas for your assignment.
• Set a deadline with your editor (Miss Chapman) for when when the assignment will be due.
• Research your assignment using the suggested websites as resources.
• As you reseach, take notes on the Graphic Organizer to aid you in writing the rough draft of your news story. Be sure to answer the who, what, where, when, why, and how questions of your topic.
• Type the final draft of your story to be turned in.
• The final news stories will be compiled into a completed print copy of The Patriotic Press.

Here are some websites to help you find information on your event.

Evaluation

Each student will be evaluated individually. The evaluation will be based on your overall effort for the research of your event or person, completed and accurate notes taken from the research, your final draft completed by deadline, and your participation in class discussions. The following rubric will help guide you through the assignment.

	Beginning 1	Developing 2	Accomplished 3	Exemplary 4	Score
Completion of Assignment	Student does not complete the assignment. Student does not meet deadline.	Student does not complete graphic organizer. Student's news story shows little or no effort. The story is incomplete. Student does not meet deadline.	Student completes graphic organizer and news story. Student's work shows effort. Student meets deadline.	Student completes grahic organizer and their news story shows outstanding effort. Student meets deadline.
Effort	Student made no contribution to The Patriotic Press.	Student made little contribution to The Patriotic Press.	Student made a good amount of contribution to The Patriotic Press.	Student went above and beyond contribution requirements to The Patriotic Press.
Completion of Research	Student does not gather information relevant to their topic.	Student gathers very little relevant information.	The majority of information the student gathers is relevant to their topic.	All of the information the student gathers is relevant to their topic.
Accuracy of News Story	Historical facts are not correct.	There are very few correct historical facts.	Most of the information is historically accurate.	All of the information is historically accurate.
Ability to Stay on Task During Assignment	Student was off task and had to be constantly reminded to stay on task.	Student was rarely on task and had to be reminded often to stay on task.	Student was on task most of the time, and only rarely had to be reminded to stay on task.	Student was always on task and did not have to be reminded to stay on task.

Congratulation! You have completed your assignment. The purpose of this WebQuest was to further research some of the people and events we have been learning about during our unit on the American Revolution. Each of you has just completed an article assignment, which will appear in a printed copy of The Patriotic Press. If you found your historical figure interesting, or would like to research another historical figure, you will have the opportunity to create a digital interview with that person! Miss Chapman will talk about this exciting project, so stay tuned!

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