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You are student journalists preparing a special issue of your college newspaper to focus on a major theme or individual from the 1960s. Joyce Valenza, Ashley Fusarelli, Jeff MacFarland
 * [|drug rehab centers california] Student Newspaper:** ** Special Issue on the 60s **

** TASK **
Your task is to **create an issue of a college news magazine.** This particular issue of your magazine will focus on one of the following areas and you should cover the subtopics listed, as well as others you discover through your research. Nixon / Kennedy debates Peace Corps Alliance for Progress New Frontier Berlin Wall Robert Kennedy Camelot Assassination and Warren Commission || ** Richard Nixon ** Spiro Agnew Watergate Kent State Vietnamization Laos & Cambodia Paris Peace Accords Pentagon Papers Boat People || ** Activism ** Brown Power Caesar Chavez & farm workers Grey Panthers Native Americans (AIM) SDS Women (Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinam, NOW) || ** Technology ** Medical news Birth of computers Space technology--Mercury, Gemini, Apollo Communications Organ transplants Birth control Smoking & cancer Heart surgery Thalidomide Oceanography Genetics || ** Supreme Court (and other big legal decisions) ** Chicago Seven Juvenile Rights Mississippi Burning Mapp v. Ohio Escobedo v. Illinois Gideon v. Wainwright Miranda v. Arizona Engel v. Vitale Baker v. Carr Jimmy Hoffa Tinker v. Des Moines Abington v. Schempp First Black Justice || War on Poverty Great Society Medicare/Medicaid Civil Rights Act 1964 Voting Rights Bill 1965 Aid to Education Pueblo Incident (1968) Anti-War Movement 1964 Economic Opportunity Act || ** Vietnam ** Recap of origins Gulf of Tonkin Self-immolation General Westmoreland VC/NLF Tet Offensive Jungle tactics Agent Orange US Brutality: My Lai (William Calley) Role of television || ** Arts & Entertainment ** Television Sports Movies Music || ** Economics ** Suburbs Working women Franchising Auto industry Unsafe at Any Speed (Nader) Agriculture Wall Street Boom Credit cards Labor Malls Fast food Oil Consumerism Minimum wage || ** Counter Culture ** Hippies, Yippies Timothy Leary Draft Dodgers / Conscientious objectors Sexual and drug revolution Tom Hayden New Left Music Art Fashion ||
 * ** John F. Kennedy **
 * ** Lyndon Johnson **
 * Art, architecture, posters **
 * Fashion **
 * Literature **
 * Media **


 * What to include: **
 * Use a [|Google Docs newsletter] to format your newsletter.
 * Include 5 -- 7 **news** **stories** based on your research. The stories should be in your words as a reporter, but based on the evidence you have researched.
 * Find and include **a relevant primary source interview**. You will only include one interview, choose one that is particularly relevant or powerful.
 * Find **an editorial cartoon** based on your understanding of your issue or your individual
 * An **advertisement** based on a consumer product or service popular during the period
 * A **table** **of** **contents** that lists your stories and special features
 * Write **one opening editorial** regarding a major event covered in one of your news stories. Be sure the editorial has strong point of view.
 * **Create your cover** using [|Flagrant Disregard's Flickr Toys]. For you cover image, choose carefully. Select a news image that reflects the most important event you cover in your issue. The news image you select for the cover must be expanded upon in your magazine with a profile story.
 * A **works cited** page documenting both text and visual sources. Use [|NoodleBib] or simply follow MLA style

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