Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio newsperson.

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    The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as the widespread use of the washing machine, and many modern ideas, such as buying on credit.

     

    Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio newsperson.

    Choose one of the following topics for your news story:

     

    Red Scare

     

    Sacco and Vanzetti

     

    Volstead Act

     

    Al Capone

     

    19th Amendment to the Constitution

     

    Scopes Monkey Trial

     

    Ku Klux Klan

     

    Buying on credit

     

    Birth control clinics

     

    Films and celebrities

     

    Professional sports: baseball and boxing

     

    Immigration Act of 1924

     

    Write a 700- to 1,050-word news story. If you choose the role of radio newsperson, you must write a broadcast script. The news story must address the following:

     

    Detailed description of the topic, and its significance to the time

     

    Implications for American society in terms of economic, social, and cultural trends

     

    Choose one of the following companies and write an advertisement for that company to accompany your news story:

     

    Ford Motor Company

     

    RCA

     

    Coca-Cola

     

    Sears, Roebuck & Co.

     

    General Electric

     

    Maytag

     

    Hallmark Cards

     

    Hoover

     

    American Tobacco Co.

     

    Nabisco

     

    Format your news story according to appropriate course level APA guidelines.

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