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You have been reading the novel Fair Weather, written by Richard Peck in our language arts and social studies classes during the past three weeks. The story takes place during the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893. As part of this reading selection you have been researching what the World’s Fair was like, and what made it such a fascinating event.

The objective of this project will be to research a specific event from the 1893 Chicago World Fair. The student will assume the role of a newspaper reporter during 1893, writing an article that relates to this famous event. The outcome of this project will be for you to design a one page newspaper that will include the article about the World Fair, a photograph illustrating the article, an advertisement from the time period, and a format recreating an authentic newspaper from that era. The internet has many useful websites that will provide students with information, photos, and advertisements. The following are some examples of what a student may write about, but is not limited to this list: