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Greek Newspaper Assignment

In pairs, you will create a newspaper that is built around one actual event in ancient Greece: 500BCE to 399BCE. You will be the editors and writers of your newspaper. You are encouraged to use electronic (online) and print sources (books and encyclopedias) to conduct your research. You may illustrate your newspaper with drawings or images from the Internet. You must include a bibliography that gives credits to all of the sources you have taken information, ideas and images from. Your newspaper must include the following sections: 1. A News Report of an Actual Event - Decide on one historical event. Date your newspaper at that time (year only is okay). - Write your newspaper's HEADLINES announcing the news of that event. - Cover the Who, What, Where, When & Why of the article in the opening paragraph - The article may include interviews and/or descriptions by eye-witnesses - Give enough background information to clearly explain what happened - Report the news like a reporter, try not to use any bias or show your opinion 2. Editorial and Letter to the Editor Point of View - This part should show two different points of view about the event from page one Editorial As the editor of the newspaper, give an opinion about the news - Back up your opinion with examples of why you take that side of the argument Letter to the Editor Write a letter showing the other side of the argument - Give reasons for your opinion, you may give suggestions to improve the situation - Identify yourself in your letter, you may be an actual person or an eye-witness - Identify if you are a patrician (rich person), a common person or a slave 3. Entertainment Section - Choose one of the following a) Advertisement or Announcement - For an upcoming entertainment event (religious festival, a play at a theater, acrobats, dancers, musician at a party, etc.) - Describe what will go on there in detail - Tell when the event will be, where it is, and how much it will cost to get in - Give an opinion about the place or even and try to convince the readers to go there (or to stay away form there if you dont like it) b) Entertainment Review - Describe a form of entertainment that you saw - Give details (who, what, where, when) - Tell about the food and the service from slaves - Any gossip? What were people wearing? - As an entertainment critic, do you recommend it to the audience? Give reasoning.

Events might include: - A Greek drama a tragedy, comedy or satyr play - A religious festival may include a parade, singing, dancing, wine, plays, contests, etc. (e.g. the Panatheniac Festival of Dionysus held annually) - Entertainment at dinner parties (called symposia) where there were musicians, acrobats, storytelling or poets 4. Sports Section - Choose one of the following a) Describe a Sporting Event that you saw - Give details (who, what, where, when, etc.) - Why was this sporting event important? Events might include: - Olympic Games (but these only happened every four years, during times of war there would be a truce declared so the sporting events could go on) - Other local sporting events often part of religious festivals, or for daily entertainment (women even competed in athletic in Sparta, but not in Athens) b) Make a Review of a Gymnasium Many found outside the city walls of Athens and used daily - Describe the grounds and buildings, tell which sports were practiced there, what they wore, and why sports were important - Do you recommend this gymnasium? 5. Want Ads - Two items for sale (Advertisements or Classified Ads) - Try to sell some things through the newspaper - Choose authentic ancient Greek items that would be sold in a market: clothing, slave, chariot, food, household item, etc. - How can it be used? - What condition is it in? - What is so good about it? Try to convince the reader to buy it. - How much are you selling it for? (Greek coins include the obol and the drachma, citizens in Athens earned about to 1 drachman/day, a 30-year-old skilled worker slave might be about 280 drachmas) Optional Articles to Include 6. Oracle Prediction - Predictions of the Future Give a prediction of your own based on certain omens or consult an oracle! Tell how you learned the gods' will. 7. Gossip or Advice column (like "Dear Abby") with all the gossip that was going on around Athens! 8. Comic Strip or Cartoon 9. Obituary (report on life/death of a person) or Eulogy (kind words said at someone's funeral) 10. Weather Report (as Greeks believed weather/seasons were determined by deities, such as lightning coming from Zeus, seasons changing because of Persephone's visits with her husband Hades in the underworld, etc.)

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