<p> Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 Expository Research Brochure Project </p><p>1. Choose 1 of the topics listed below that are mentioned in The Watson’s Go to Birmingham – 1963 to do some research. 2. Research topic. Find out all you can about the topic. BECOME THE EXPERT. 3. Be a news reporter and CREATE A BROCHURE that discusses factual & INTERESTIG details. 4. Use 5 W’s of reporting. (Who, What, Where, When, Why?) 5. Develop creative News Story Headlines (Title). 6. Be sure to add your name like a reporter. 7. Then create a brochure/pamphlet about your topic of research. 8. Each pamphlet/brochure will need to have at least 3 factual articles, Bibliography section, pictures with captions. </p><p>Suggested Topics: 1. NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) 2. CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) 3. SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) 4. Civil Rights Movement 5. Langston Hughes 6. Thurgood Marshall 7. John Lewis 8. Ralph Abernathy 9. Medgar Evers 10. Fannie Lou Hamer 11. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 12. MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech 13. Civil Rights Bill, July 2, 1964 14. Voting Rights Act, August 6, 1965 15. Fair Housing Act, passed in 1968 by Congress 16. Rosa Parks 17. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church 18. Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing 19. Timeline of 1963 20. Freedom Riders 21. Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock 9) 22. Montgomery bus boycott of 1955-1956 23. Entertainment in 1963, Movies, Music, TV, … 24. Local, State, & World News stories in 1963 25. Sports Stories/Records of 1963 26. Business & Economy of 1963 27. Art World of the 60’s 28. Fashion of the 60’s 29. Flint, Michigan 30. Birmingham, Alabama 31. More topics open to discussion if you have different ideas. </p><p>1 The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 By Christopher Paul Curtis Brochure Rubric Directions: Using Microsoft Publisher, create a Newspaper/letter that includes expository articles that talk about your topic. You must have at least 5 Sections (3 informative/expository article, pictures with captions, and bibliography section). You may earn 10 bonus pts if you include a 6th section.. </p><p>1. _____ (10) Appearance of Front Page & Overall Design a. Creative in design and reflects your topic b. Has “What’s Inside” c. Publisher Information (front or back) 2. _____ (20) Article #1 a. Article Title: ______b. Article is about: ______c. All parts of section are worthy of a report and complete d. Pictures with captions 3. _____ (20) Article #2 a. Article Title: ______b. Article is about: ______c. All parts of section are worthy of a report and complete d. Pictures with captions 4. _____ (20) Article #3 a. Article Title: ______b. Article is about: ______c. All parts of section are worthy of a report and complete d. Pictures with captions 5. _____ (20) Bibliography Section a. Create a special section in which you combine all of the sources you used b. Format like MLA Bibliography page 6. _____ (10) Conventions of Writing a. Mature sentence structure b. Capitalization & punctuation c. Grammar & Usage d. Organization 7. _____ (+10) Fun Stuff…….Bonus Section (fun facts, lists, timelines, etc…)</p><p>8. ______Total Score</p><p>Helpful brochure making sites: http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Brochures-on-Microsoft-Word http://www.mschien.com/howto/brochures.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMSNfuiIK0Y</p><p>2</p>