Duties of the Editorial Director
As the Editorial Director, you have several responsibilities to fulfill.
1. Design the cover of your news magazine. Ask your team members for input
on a Magazine Title (Be Creative)
2. Write the Magazines Opinion page (Editor's Comments)
A) One editorial should be written as person who is living in the south
before the start of the war.
B) One editorial should be written as a person who is living in the north
before the start of the war.
C) One editorial will be that of the editor of the magazine (that's you).
**Between all three editorials, you should have 1 of them Pro-Slavery (for it)
1 of them Anti-Slavery (against it), and 1 of them Neutral (they don't care
either way).
***You may want to consider using these websites to search for biographies or
stories that relate to the viewpoints listed above. (Abolitionist and Pro-
slavery) You can figure that out by reading through any of chapter 16 in
your social studies textbook. If you have any further questions, please ask
the teacher.
3. You will work with your team to make sure they have their materials.
4. You will decide the order of the groups work in the magazine. That means
that you decide the format and the layout of the magazine.
Feel free to use any of the other role pages to find additional resources.
Web Based Resources
History Channel
History Place
Library of Congress
The Official website of the White House
American Civil War Website
Civil War Home Website
PBS
Discovery Channel
Noodle Tools
Use the school's username and password to access the Encyclopedia
online....a great resource.
World Book Online
Non-Web Based Resources
American Nation Social Studies Textbook
World Book Encyclopedia