Matt Lattimore
I.D.#6276
Perspective Newspaper Article
Results:
Students will:
1. Express through a ANewspaper
Article@ their
perspective of the world from home and the perspective of the world from
another place.
2. Reflect on how perspectives of the world can vary from place to place by
writing a 2-3 page essay.
Evaluation/Assessment:
1. Students=
articles will be evaluated through the following criteria:
- Two articles are produced that are similar to a ANewspaper article.@
- Articles are written in the viewpoint of the United States and that the
other article is written in the viewpoint of a Soviet Union Newspaper article.
- Articles appropriately reflect a plausible world perspective for the
student from home as well as from the Soviet Union.
2. Students=
reflection on perspective
- Two to three page essay that is written well and demonstrates thoughtful
reflection.
- Essay includes comparisons between the two articles prepared by the
student.
- Essay includes comparisons among at least 2 perspectives demonstrated by
their own articles of another place.
Curriculum:
This assignment fits well with a history class in which students= are responsible for
investigating our own history, and the Soviet Unions history. This study would
provide the basis for the students creating the second article from the Soviet
Union. The first article on the viewpoint of the Unites States could be done
early in the course. The second article from the viewpoint of the Soviet Union
would be done after the student has sufficiently researched the Soviet Union in
order to develop a sense of perspectives from there.
Instruction:
1. The teacher models a newspaper article, and shows the viewpoint of the
writer. Students are asked: What does it tell about the writer? Does the writer
report both sides of the story? What are something=s he missed?
2. Students create a perspective article no more than a page long of the
Cuban-missile crisis, in the viewpoint of the Unites States as a homework
assignment.
3. Articles are read aloud in class. Students listen to the different
articles. Class discussion: What did you hear? Can we make any conclusions on
how people view the United States in the world?
4. Students are told at the end of the unit they will be expected to write a
article in the viewpoint of the Soviet Union.
5. Students=
articles are read aloud in class. The class listens and then discusses them.
What was common among the articles? What was unique? How are the perspectives
in the second article different from those in the first articles written? What
factors contribute to the various perspectives?
6. Students= write
an essay reflecting on the experience.