You will be in charge of the following tasks:
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Choose the name for the newspaper
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Design of layout of the newspaper , with the following sections:
- Editorial
- London overview
- Royal News ( The queen, the British empire …)
- High Society ( Social classes , High-class ladies & gentlemen, Fashion , entertainment )
- Culture ( literature & arts )
- Education ( Public schools – Education for poor children )
- Science ( Medicine, Florence Nightingale & Darwin and his “ Origin of the Species )
- Technology ( Industrial Revolution, Inventors and inventions )
- Politics ( Political parties, Suffragettes, Trade Unions , Conditions in factories , Women and children working )
- Odd events : Jack the ripper
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Try to find an original title for each section.
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Create a Victorian Timeline, including the most outstanding events covering as many aspects as possible .
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Write an article for the editorial, on a general view of Victorian times.
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Create some different ads for the newspaper. At least you should include the next :
- A new invention.
- A journey to any of the colonies.
- The opening of the Great Exhibition
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Create a cartoon strip, laughing at any social event.
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Inform readers about the publication of Punch , a satirical magazine, in 1841.
Resources Journalism http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/journalists.htm http://www.bl.uk/collections/victoria.html http://www.wowcom.net/education/nie/glossary1.htm http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/online/East%20Midlands/victorian/adverts(3).htm Ads http://www.headlinehistory.co.uk/online/East%20Midlands/victorian/adverts(1).htm Editorial
http://www.victorianweb.org
http://www.victoriantimes.org
http://www.victorianlondon.org/
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Britain.html
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/index.html
http://pw1.netcom.com/~jskipper/victoria/timeline.html
http://www.42explore.com/topic.htm
http://www.victorianstation.com/historymenu.htm
http://freespace.virgin.net/k.peart/Victorian/index.htm http://pw1.netcom.com/~jskipper/victoria/timeline.html http://www.sherlockian.net/england/ http://members.home.net/khead1/timeline.htm |