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Honors Economic Magazine

Project: Economic Magazine

First Draft Due Date: May 18, 2007

Second Draft Due Date: May 24, 2007

Due Date: May 31, 2007

Groups: Political Liberty

You are to complete an Economic magazine according to the following guidelines:

Topics you could/should include in your magazine: Health Care crisis and what the Bush White House is trying to do to “deal with the problem”; an interview with a local politician (not Mr. Henry), union official, or any other person of substance who can give insight into how the current government is affecting their work; a Newsweek Perspectives page; a movie review of an Economic based movie (a review, not a rehash, of a currently released film); a look at the economic cost of crime; The War on Drugs; The Gas Crisis and how the government is trying to “fix it”; Report on a bill in the House and a report on a bill in the Senate that will affect our local economy; any vetoes or suspected veto; Supreme Court nominees.

You are not limited to these areas.

They are ideas for you to begin with today.

Sources of Information: Examples of magazines and newspapers that can provide useful information include: Business Week, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Forbes, Changing Times, Wall Street Journal, U.S. News and World Report. These magazines should be no older than March of 2005.

Job Descriptions:

Managing Editor: You organize the magazine and decide how the various parts of the magazine should be put together. You proof read all articles and assign the topics to the writers. Look over shoulders, ask questions, and bug people to do their jobs. The editor also needs to write the magazine’s editorial.

Reporter: The reporters are the backbone of any publication. Your articles should be factual and interesting. Your punctuation, grammar and form must be correct. Grammar will be taken into account in grading. Each writer must complete 2 articles.

Art Editor: It is your task to choose, manufacture, and design all the art work in the publication, including the cover and advertising. You are responsible for all illustrations in the magazine, including editorial cartoons, charts and graphs. While you may use animations from internet websites you must have some original artwork included as well. You must also create a short, 150-200 word, art review for inclusion in the magazine.

Biography Editor: Your job involves writing brief sketches about people on your staff. Bio’s should be approximately 150 words long. Interview each staff member. Ask about the interests, goals, hobbies, and educational objectives. What have they learned in the economics class?

Length of articles should be approximately 400 words. Look at business publications in the library or in class to get an understanding of the style that should be used. An interview can be written in question and answer format. No one in the group is finished until every article is finished. Help out your fellow writers and editors. Articles should be typed to give a more impressive look to your magazine. Your art editor should be a person with a great deal of creativity.

Work Dates:

5/10/07 Computer Room 158

5/16/07 Library

5/17/07 Computer Room 158

5/18/07 Computer Room 158

5/23/07 Computer Room 158

5/24/07 Computer Room 158

Revised: 09/09/2008

URL: http://www2.mcsdk12.org/dmr25