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1. The Unit Organizer Teacher(s): Student: Time: Course Dates: The History of Publishing: is about Unit Questions: Mrs. Dowd Tests & Projects --- 60% Are measured in the following ways– Tests …Understanding the main concepts of the unit Projects …Applying the overall skills learned in the unit Daily Assignments --- 40% Are measured in the following ways– Production…Demonstrating the ability to apply individual skills Observation/ Participation … Demonstrating effective work habits and attitudes how newspaper publishers prospered in the 1700s and 1800s. • The first newspaper was published in 1690. What was the name of it (write the name in Old English). • Fourteen years later a second newspaper was published in 1704. What was the name of it? • Newspapers of this time used sensationalism to gain reader attention. Give me an example of sensationalism? • 4. The papers were published weekly and became known as what? • 5. Papers began as a ledger size which is similar to the size of The Paw Print. • True or False • 6. In 1769 colonial papers were printed on presses imported from England. How was the type setting done? Explain.

2. Course Map This Course: Student: Journalism includes Performance Options Community Principles Learning Rituals Read the overhead – What are we doing today? Pick up white binders - Log On & check the website for today’s lesson if working on production - Use Typing Pals and practice for 5 minutes OR read the headlines for the daily news online.Sit at the long tables if working on writing activity - Log Off at the end of the period - Students sit at assigned workstations and assigned seats at long tables Overtime required of all students per 6 weeks Enter Adobe Contests ProductionTests Personal BestRespectful & ResponsibleOnly AppreciationsWork ethicallyLifetime Learner Unit Questions Continued page 2 7. Colonists wanted news quickly, so short articles were written. These stories were referred to what? 8. Since paper was scarce what were papers printed on? 9. Write a typical brief of the 1700s. 10. Write a typical ad in the late 1700s. 11.Peter Zenger was the publisher of the New York Weekly Journal. He wrote true news about the British government. He was arrested and his printing shop was burned. What was the outcome of his court trial? 12. In 1754 the first political cartoon appeared. Describe it?

3. Course Map This Course: Student: Journalism includes Performance Options Community Principles Learning Rituals Read the overhead – What are we doing today? Pick up white binders - Log On & check the website for today’s lesson if working on production - Use Typing Pals and practice for 5 minutes OR read the headlines for the daily news online.Sit at the long tables if working on writing activity - Log Off at the end of the period - Students sit at assigned workstations and assigned seats at long tables Overtime required of all students per 6 weeks Enter Adobe Contests ProductionTests Personal BestRespectful & ResponsibleOnly AppreciationsWork ethicallyLifetime Learner Unit Questions Continued page 3 13. The Boston Gazette, the Virginia Gazette and the Massachusetts Centennial were newspapers published in the 1700s. What man helped newspapers prosper from one end of the east coast to the other? 14. Prior to the Revolutionary War the colonists wanted to know what was going on in the rest of the world. The Revolution changed that and the colonists wanted to know what? 15. Daily publications began in the last 1780s and were referred to as what? 16. The RIGHT to FREE PRESS was a stronghold in the late 1700s and what man was responsible for promoting much of the FREEDOM of the PRESS? 17. Benjamin Day opened The SUN in 1833 and created what? 18. How much did newspapers cost and who received papers. How did the poor get papers? 19. The first war photograph was taken by whom and of what war?

4. Course Map This Course: Student: Journalism includes Performance Options Community Principles Learning Rituals Overtime required of all students per 6 weeks Enter Adobe Contests ProductionTests Personal BestRespectful & ResponsibleOnly AppreciationsWork ethicallyLifetime Learner Read the overhead – What are we doing today? Pick up white binders - Log On & check the website for today’s lesson if working on production - Use Typing Pals and practice for 5 minutes OR read the headlines for the daily news online.Sit at the long tables if working on writing activity - Log Off at the end of the period - Students sit at assigned workstations and assigned seats at long tables Unit Questions continued page 4 20. Why was the Inverted Pyramid style of writing developed in the 1860s? 21. Joseph Pulitzer owned the New York World newspaper and William Randolph Hearst owned the San Francisco Examiner? Why did these men not get along? 22. The Yellow Kid became the first comic strip. Who created this strip in 1896? 23. In 1887 a woman moved into journalism. Who was she and why was she famous? 24. How have newspapers changed today? What one thing changed news reporting in the 1950s? 25. Why are newspaper companies in financial trouble today?