Rasputin in the Tabloids

Task: On an A3 piece of paper, create the front page of a modern-style tabloid newspaper with Rasputin on the cover. Include photos, headlines, and short teaser articles about what Rasputin has been up in early 20th Century Russia and how his activities are affecting the reputation of the royal family. All information in the tabloid must be taken from information in the textbook or from other reliable sources. Due at the end of the Social Studies lesson on Friday, Sept. 14. Grading Rubric: Competences Research and choose sources, evaluate them critically, and show how different sources can present history in different ways. Create stories of people in the past and by this show how values of a society affect thought and action. Grade 2 The students have created a tabloid cover with photos, articles and headlines about Rasputin and the Russian royal family. The work has been checked for spelling/grammatical errors. Grade 4 The tabloid has a name. The tabloid cover resembles tabloid covers of today, with large, attention-getting headlines, photos, and scandalous claims. The tabloid cover includes headlines and short teaser articles about what Rasputin has been up to in the early 20th Century and how his activities are affecting the reputation of the royal family. All information included comes from the textbook or other reliable sources. The work has few spelling/ grammatical errors. Grade 6 The tabloid has an appropriate name. The tabloid cover resembles tabloid covers of today, with large, attention-getting headlines, photos, and scandalous claims. The tabloid cover is engaging, easy to read, and pleasing to the eye. The tabloid cover includes headlines and short teaser articles about what Rasputin has been up to in the early 20th Century and how his activities are affecting the reputation of the royal family. All information included comes from the textbook or other reliable sources. The work has virtually free of spelling/ grammatical errors.