<p> Holocaust Newspaper Article</p><p>We will be reading and exploring information about many ordinary people contributed to the persecution of Jews by simply doing their everyday jobs. Each student will be creating a newspaper article about a person and his/her involvement.</p><p>Newspaper Article Format</p><p>A typical newspaper article contains five (5) main parts: </p><p>Headline: This is a short, attention-getting statement about the event. </p><p>Byline: This tells who wrote the story. </p><p>Lead paragraph: This has ALL of the who, what, when, where, why and how in it. A writer must find the answers to these questions and write them into the opening sentence(s) of the article. </p><p>Explanation: After the lead paragraph has been written, the writer must decide what other facts or details the reader might want to know. The writer must make sure that he/she has enough information to answer any important questions a reader might have after reading the headline and the lead paragraph. This section can also include direct quotes from witnesses or bystanders. </p><p>Additional Information: This information is the least important, and if the news article is too long for the space it needs to fill, it can be shortened without rewriting any other part (can include information about a similar event or other types of details). Step 1 – learn the main parts of a newspaper article.</p><p>Step 2 – read a newspaper article on a Nazi War Leader and identify the 5 main parts of the story.</p><p>Step 3 – Read and explore information from the interactive exhibit on ushmm.org called, “Some Were Neighbors: Collaboration and Complexity in The Holocaust.” </p><p>Step 4 – Use the information from the exhibit to create a newspaper article that includes all of the main parts from this lesson PLUS one picture related to the topic.</p><p>Step 5 – Share the articles with the class.</p><p>______</p><p>Scoring Rubric</p><p>50 - 55 points – meets or exceeds expectations and includes all required parts with no errors in MUGS (mechanics, usage, grammar, spelling)</p><p>40 – 49 points – meets expectations and includes most required parts with few errors in MUGS (mechanics, usage, grammar, spelling)</p><p>30 – 39 points - meets most expectations and has some missing information or errors in MUGS (mechanics, usage, grammar, spelling)</p><p>0 – 29 – does not meet requirements and has many errors </p>