HST 165 Week 4 News Story

HST 165 Week 4 News Story

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HST 165 Week 4 News Story

The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as the widespread use of the washing machine, and many modern ideas, such as buying on credit.

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio newsperson.

Choose one of the following topics for your news story:

• Red Scare

• Sacco and Vanzetti

• Volstead Act

• Al Capone

• 19th Amendment to the Constitution

• Scopes Monkey Trial

• Ku Klux Klan

• Buying on credit

• Birth control clinics

• Films and celebrities

• Professional sports: baseball and boxing

• Immigration Act of 1924

Write a 700- to 1,050-word news story. If you choose the role of radio newsperson, you must write a broadcast script. The news story must address the following:

• Detailed description of the topic, and its significance to the time

• Implications for American society in terms of economic, social, and cultural trends

Choose one of the following companies and write an advertisement for that company to accompany your news story:

• Ford Motor Company

• RCA

• Coca-Cola

• Sears, Roebuck & Co.

• General Electric

• Maytag

• Hallmark Cards

• Hoover