What will you be doing?

What will the students be doing?

TIME:

1:17-1:20 H/W collected

1:20-1:35 Q and A – IT

• Alla asks questions.
• Students volunteer response.
• Students take notes.
• List of questions is attached.

1:35-2:00 Wonderful Soviet Life and Soviet Life Revealed – Newspapers

• Students are divided into two groups.
• By the end of the class, each student is supposed to follow the written expectations as she contributes to the newspaper.
• One newspaper is pro-Soviet, published by the Soviet Union in 1939 to highlight its achievements.
• The second newspaper is anti-Soviet, revealing the atrocities committed in the Soviet Union before 1939.
• The students must use the examples from the textbook for every part of the newspaper.
• Alla circulates and answers questions.
• The students assess themselves on whether they have met their responsibilities.

2:00-2:07 The newspapers are presented and discussed.

TIME:

1:17-1:20 Students settle down.

1:20-1:35 Q&A.

• Students respond to Alla's questions.
• Students take notes in their notebooks.
• Students ask questions, if any.

1:35-2:00 Newspapers are created.

• The students are divided into two groups of 7.
• Each student receives specific responsibilities.
  • Editor 
    • Makes sure the information that will go into the newspaper is in accordance with the time period
    • Checks the facts
    • Enhances the facts to reflect the political agenda of the newspaper
    • Puts the articles of the newspaper together
    • Makes sure everyone is productively engaged.
    • Propaganda Cartoonist
      • Finds out what the topics of the articles will be 
      • Illustrates the articles in accordance with the political agenda of the newspaper 
      • Communicates with the Editor and receives her approval
      • Assists the editor in putting the newspaper together
      • Takes the responsibility for the newspaper's visual appeal.
    • Advertisement director
      • Creates two advertisements for the newspaper (they can be visual or textual)
      • Communicates with the editor and receives his approval
      • Makes sure the advertisements reflect the tone of the newspaper
      • Assists the propaganda cartoonist in visually enhancing the newspaper
    • News caster – Industrial workers
      • Reports on the lives of industrial workers.
      • Reports on the industrial progress in USSR
      • Communicates with the editor and receives her approval
    • News caster – Peasants
      • Reports on the lives of peasants.
      • Reports on the latest farming news.
      • Communicates with the editor and receives her approval.
    • News caster – Social life
      • Reports on the general condition of Soviet lives.
      • Reports on any new advancement that may promote the message of the newspaper.
      • Communicates with the editor and receives her approval.
    • News Caster – Women
      • Reports on the recent development in the lives of women.
      • Makes sure to promote the message of the newspaper with her reporting.
      • Communicates with the editor and receives her approval.