WORLD WAR ONE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE
R (role) = newspaper reporter
A (audience) = American readers
F (Format) = headline news article
T (Topic) = one of the following events during WWI:
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegram
Efforts from homefront to help win the war (include women’s new roles as well as other efforts on the
homefront)
The new technologies/weapons of WWI (include at least 3 new weapons/machines and their impact with
dates of introduction)
Fourteen Points Speech
Withdrawal of Russia from war
Assassination of Czar Nicholas II and family
Armistice
The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
To better understand and review WWI, you will be writing a full length cover story (one full page) about one event from the war. With
whatever topic you choose, you must include accurate dates, previous events in the war that may have led to the particular event you’re
writing about, and potential outcomes. Be sure to also include names of people and nations as appropriate. **Remember that as you are
writing, you are pretending to live during that time period, therefore, you don’t know exactly what happens in the future. Be sure that you
only include info up to that time. It would be a neat addition to include actual quotes from leaders about the events – just be sure to
include references (bibliography) if you do quote someone.
This counts as a MAJOR TEST GRADE.
It is due on MONDAY, MARCH 3
World War One Newspaper RAFT
Who, What, When,
Where, WHY, and
How
Accuracy
References
Layout of
newspaper
(headline, byline,
picture, and
caption)
Format
Grammar
Name: __________________________________
Date: _________________ Period: ____________
4 (20 points)
Article adequately address
the 6 W's (who, what,
when, where, why, and
how).
All historical information
appeared to be accurate
and in chronological order.
3 (14 points)
Article addresses 4 of the W's
(who, what, when, where or
how).
2 (8 points)
Article addresses 3 of the
W's (who, what, when,
where or how).
1 (3 points)
Article addresses 2 or less
of the W's (who, what,
when, where or how).
Almost all historical
information appeared to be
accurate and in chronological
order.
Most of the historical
information was accurate
and in chronological order.
Very little of the historical
information was accurate
and/or in chronological
order.
Several references to the
previous events in WWI, as
well as potential outcomes
from event featured in
article.
Some references to the
previous events in WWI or
potential outcomes from
event featured in article.
Few references to the
previous events in WWI or
potential outcomes from
event featured in article.
No references to any
previous event in WWI or
potential outcome from
event featured in article.
Article has headline that
capture the reader's
attention and accurately
describes the content. Article
has a byline. All graphics have
captions that adequately
describe the people and
action in the graphic.
Identified R-A-F-T portions
and correctly completed each
part.
Article has 2 of the
following: a headline that
accurately describes the
content; a byline; at least
one graphic with caption.
Article has 1 or less of the
following: a headline that
accurately describes the
content; a byline; at least
one graphic with caption.
I Identified R-A-F-T
portions, but one portion
missing or incomplete.
Did not identify nor
complete a letter,
narrative, or poem.
No grammatical, spelling or
punctuation errors.
A few grammatical spelling
or punctuation errors.
Many grammatical,
spelling, or punctuation
errors.
Teacher Comments:____________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Final Grade (not to exceed 100 points): ________/100