Use the Newspaper Template provided to create a front-page headline for the Piedmont Times reporting about a current or past event that occurred in Venezuela. Follow the directions below to complete the template provided:
- Use guided notes to select a historical event or current event on which to report
- Arrival of Christopher Columbus
- Simon Bolivar and his Revolution
- Caudillo Era
- Importance of Oil in Venezuela
- Creation of OPEC
- Venezuela Nationalizes Oil Industry - January 1, 1976
- Hugo Chavez failure to overthrow Venezuelan government - 1992
- Hugo Chavez winning 1999 election
- Attempted coup to oust Chavez - 2002
- Death of Chavez - 2013
- Venezuelan election - April 2013
- Venezuelan election - May 2018
- Juan Guaido declares himself President - January 23, 2018
- Guaido led uprising - April 30, 2019
- Venezuelans leaving by the Simon Bolivar International Bridge
- Venezuela Blackout - July, 22 2019
- Create a unique Front Page headline that catches the attention of the reader & relates to one aspect of the guided notes
- Headline Article: Use all of the information they learned in the guided notes and additional research to write a short article for a middle school audience. Include the following aspects:
- Why did the event happen?
- Who took part in the event?
- What occurred during the event?
- What was the end result of the event?
- Write in first-person as if you witnessing and reporting on the event.
- Use at least FIVE vocabulary words
- Colored Image: Create a small image with a caption showing a key moment of the event
- Graded based on the rubric on the back of the newspaper template and below
- IB Assessment for Criterion A: Knowing and Understanding - Rubric below the first rubric