• Your task is to write at least a 2 page newspaper (no bigger than 14 font).

• Create a bibliography of the resources you have used.  You must use a minimum of 3 resources.

• You must include at least 3 of the 10 following article ideas.  You may use your ideas as well, but they must be approved by your teacher.

1.  Interview with a slave owner

• What he thinks about slavery
• Why it is important to the South's economy
• What would happen if slavery is abolished?
• Are you right in what you are doing?
• Are there any benefits to being a slave?

• Reasons for his/her escape
• How he/she became a slave
• How he/she escaped the plantation
• Are there any benefits to being a slave?
• What should be done about slavery?
• What are you going to do now that you are no longer a slave?

4.  Write an article about the pros and cons of slavery based on the South's perspective.

5.  Write a biography of Harriet Tubman's experiences as a slave and a conductor on the Underground Railroad.

6.  Write an editorial about your beliefs on slavery.

7.  Design an advertisment for a slave auction.

8.  Write an article about the Emancipation Proclamation.

9.   After viewing the Lincoln/Douglass Debate, write an article summarizing each candidate's  viewpoints.

10.  Create a political comic strip.