Introduction
| Task | Process | Resources
| Evaluation | Conclusion
The
year is 1907. You are a reporter for the National Geographic Magazine.
Your editor is sending you to Panama to do a story on the new Panama
Canal that is currently under construction. Bring plenty of film and bug spray!
Have a great time!
Your
editor has asked you for a story on the Panama Canal.
He is requiring that your story is at least 500 words in length.
Also, to keep up the reputation of the magazine he is requiring you have
at least 4 different pictures dealing with the Canal. You will need to answer
the following questions for your readers:
1.
Where are Panama and the Panama Canal located?
2.
Who wanted to build the Canal and why?
3.
What are the biggest obstacles the workers will encounter as they
build the canal?
4.
What are the benefits and drawbacks of building the canal?
As a reporter feel
free to add any information you feel is interesting or important for the reader
to know. Like how people working on the canal lived.
To
help you write your article there are several articles on the Panama Canal which
you can locate on-line in the next section. Read the different articles and take
notes to help you answer the questions your editor has given you. Stay organized
by taking notes on specific note taking pages given to you by your editor. You
will need to turn in your notes with your article on the due date.
It is important that you turn these notes in so you and your editor can
be sure that you have not committed plagiary (plagiary is copying someone
else’s writing and presenting it as your own). You will need to turn in your
article typed and include your pictures in the article (your editor will show
you how to do this using “Word” a word processing program).
Your editor will grade you on the following items:
1.
Appropriate length of your article
2.
Did you accurately answer the questions your editor gave you?
3.
Spelling
4.
A minimum of 4 different pictures dealing with the Panama Canal.
5.
Use of good vocabulary. (Example~ instead of writing, “The workers dug
the Panama Canal” you could write, “Laborers excavated the Panama Canal.”)
6.
Article is typed with the pictures included in the text.
7.
A list of sources you used to gather information at the end of your
article.
When
you are finished you will have a typed copy of your article and your research
notes ready to be turned into your editor.
Panama
Canal
