The Red Scare

The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as washing machines, and many modern ideas, like buying on credit.

Part 1:

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio news person assigned to write a topical news story. The role you choose will determine the form of your assignment.

Choose one of the following topics:

• 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 1,050- to 1,400-word news story on your chosen topic.

• If you choose the role of newspaper reporter or magazine writer, you must write a news article in the appropriate tone.
•  If you choose the role of radio news person, you must write a broadcast script, which you may also choose to record using AudioAceâ„¢.
• Go to http://host7721.mytruvirtual.com/AudioAceHHS/?v=2.
• Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: AudioAce Directions for help.

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

•  Ford Motor Company
• RCA
• Coca-Cola
• Sears, Roebuck and Co.
• General Electric
• Maytag
• Hallmark cards
• Hoover
• Cigarettes
• Nabisco

Part 2:

Write a 250- to 350-word response tothis follow-up question: How does your topic or advertisement reflect the social trends of the 1920s?

Format references consistent with APA guidelines.