HST 165 Week 4 Individual Assignment News Story

HST 165 Week 4 Individual Assignment News Story

Instructions: The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as washing machines, and many modern ideas, like buying on credit. Part 1: Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio news person assigned to write a topical news story. The role you choose will determine the form of your assignment. Choose one of the following topics:   

• Red Scare
• Sacco and Vanzetti
• Volstead Act
• Al Capone
• 19th Amendment to the Constitution
• Scopes Monkey Trial
• Ku Klux Klan
• Buying on credit
• Birth control clinics
• Films and celebrities
• Professional sports: baseball and boxing
• Immigration Act of 1924 Write a 1,050--word (minimum) news story on your chosen topic.
• If you choose the role of newspaper reporter or magazine writer, you must write a news article in the appropriate tone. The tone should be one of reporting current or recent events as in a current poeriodical report.  I encourage you to be creative with the format tool in MS Word to have your submission appear as a news or magazine story.   
• If you choose the role of radio news person, you must write a broadcast script, which you may also choose to record using AudioAce™.
• Go to http://host7721.mytruvirtual.com/AudioAceHHS/?v=2.
• Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: AudioAce Directions for help. Choose one of the following companies and include a period picture advertisement for that company to accompany your news story:
• Ford Motor Company
• RCA
• Coca-Cola
• Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• General Electric
• Maytag
• Hallmark cards
• Hoover
• Cigarettes
• Nabisco Part 2: Write a 250- to 350-word response to this follow-up question: How does your topic or advertisement reflect the social trends of the 1920s? Format and cite references consistent with APA guidelines.