Congratulations! You finished your newspaper, and it was published for the public to read.
By writing this newspaper, you have deepened your understanding of the colonial time period. You have analyzed primary sources and drawn information and inferences from them to write your articles. You have also demonstrated your knowledge artistically through a political cartoon. You have answered the essential/big question: How would a colonial era newspaper inform the people about current events?
To continue your learning after completing this WebQuest, consider what you learned from creating this newspaper when reading other articles. For example, how informative are the articles you read online, such as through Facebook or Snapchat? How could these articles be improved? What is the purpose of reading articles that are not informational, such as the newspaper articles you wrote?
By writing this newspaper, you have deepened your understanding of the colonial time period. You have analyzed primary sources and drawn information and inferences from them to write your articles. You have also demonstrated your knowledge artistically through a political cartoon. You have answered the essential/big question: How would a colonial era newspaper inform the people about current events?
To continue your learning after completing this WebQuest, consider what you learned from creating this newspaper when reading other articles. For example, how informative are the articles you read online, such as through Facebook or Snapchat? How could these articles be improved? What is the purpose of reading articles that are not informational, such as the newspaper articles you wrote?