Birthday Newsletter (One Page)

For this project, you will research events that have happened throughout history on your birthday.

The Research

First we will create a document of just your research.  Share folder - 119Blake - Word Processing - Birthday Newsletter Research.  Save as Birthday Research in your folder on the network (20 points.) Find the following categories about your birthday/month/year on the internet.  Copy and paste the information into your research document.  Copy and paste the URLS for each site you use into your research document.  You can use 1 or multiple sites.  This will take a block.

Categories to include:

1. Your bio—name, nickname, where you were born, family, hobbies, interests, pets, favorite music, movies, shows, subjects, etc. wunderground.com to find the temperature on the day you were born.
2.  People born on that day (throughout time)
3. Events that have happened on that day (throughout time)
4. Top movies—www.boxofficemojo.com – the year you were born 
5. Top songs—www.popculturemadness.com  – year of birth 
6. Top sports teams—World Series/Superbowl/etc. Champions – year of birth 
7. News headlines from around that time – year of birth 
8. Information about the month of your birth—birthstone, flower Zodiac sign/information 
9. Pictures related to each heading/information in your newsletter 
10. Works Cited - just the link to the sites you used.  Format them so they match your design.

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The Newsletter

The format:

• Your newsletter must have the following custom margins:  left .7" the rest .5"
• The masthead may not be bigger than 2". (on the ruler it is 1")
• Set for 2 columns after the masthead: Don't forget to choose "This point forward"
• Headings should be centered and bold. Choose a different font for the headings.  Add color to headings.  You can make the font bigger for the headings, but not larger that 16 pts.
• Body Text: 12 points
• Double space before headings but single space after. (See sample)
• Do not add a background color but  include color throughout on other elements. (Background color makes it hard to read the text on top - depending on the color)
• Add a picture for each event.  Place as you see fit but you will want to put on "tight" or "behind text" for text wrapping.
• Add drop caps going down only two lines.
• Go above and beyond for a perfect grade.  
• Total Points: 50

DO NOT just make bulleted lists, you should have the newsletter in paragraph form—see sample.

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Grading

• Masthead: 5 points
• Two column newsletter: Overall layout with headings and content: 30 points
• Use of graphics: 10 points
• Creativity 5 pts. (Go above and beyond the basics for full 5 points)
• 2 points off for each typo.