Spinning+History

=**Spinning History**= “The same event, but two different stories.”

Broadcast Models

__**Objective:**__ Create a news broadcast that covers the major events leading up to the American Revolutionary war with either a colonial or a British perspective.


 * __Procedure:__** Your team’s job is to plan a news radio program that will report on one of the following “Conflict in the Colonies” stories:

• Parliament Raises Taxes and the Committees of Correspondence (8A) • Stamp Act and the Stamp Act Congress (8D) • Townshend Acts and the Boston Massacre (8B) • Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts (8C)

__**Broadcast Requirements:**__
1. Explain the facts of the events (Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How)? 2. Describe the events that have taken place from a colonial/British perspective throughout your report? (A-R-E) 3. Identify how your report differs from the colonial/British report? 4. What would you say to refute the other side’s perspective? (“They say…”, “But…”, “Because…”, “Therefore…”) 5. A single script of your final news broadcast that can be uploaded onto the Wiki

__**Roles:**__

 * Anchor** – Introduce the top story, lead into the field reporter, ask additional questions of the field reporter, conduct the interview with the in-studio expert.


 * Field Reporter** – Provide more specific details of the top story, conduct an interview with a person that was directly involved with the event or has unique knowledge about the event.


 * Interviewee** – Is directly involved in the event, was a witness to the event, or has unique knowledge of the event. Provide a personal account of what has taken place as well as your personal opinion on the matter.


 * In-Studio Expert** – Provide an expert analysis of the event that has taken place by explaining the big picture. What does this all mean? What caused the event to occur? What can we expect to happen in the future? Should people be worried?


 * Your Choice**

**__Broadcast Format__**
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