{"id":457,"date":"2023-01-30T02:31:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T02:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/modern-world-history\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=457"},"modified":"2024-03-11T17:54:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T17:54:51","slug":"press-release-textbook-edition","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/modern-world-history\/chapter\/press-release-textbook-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Textbook Edition"},"content":{"raw":"[caption id=\"\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"526\"]<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/typewriter\/images\/press-release.jpg\" style=\"text-align: center;font-family: Tinos, Georgia, serif;font-size: 14pt\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.thebluediamondgallery.com\/typewriter\/images\/press-release.jpg\" width=\"526\" height=\"352\" alt=\"Close up of typewriter with &quot;Press Release&quot; on the page\" \/><\/a> \"Press Release\" by Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Alpha Stock Images[\/caption]\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 1.3rem;font-weight: bold;text-align: left\">ssay Schedule<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Press Release At a Glance<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li class=\"textbox__content\"><strong>Week 3:<\/strong> Choose a topic and submit your <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/modern-world-history\/back-matter\/appendix-8\/\">outline<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"textbox__content\"><strong>Week 4:<\/strong> Draft your Press Release<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"textbox__content\"><strong>Week 5:<\/strong> Editing &amp; Peer Feedback<\/li>\r\n \t<li class=\"textbox__content\"><strong>Week 6:<\/strong> Press Release due<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p class=\"hanging-indent\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">This press release assignment is an exploration of world history narratives in common textbooks used in PK-12 classrooms. It is intended as a brief, intense writing exercise for a general audience where students practice <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clestatecareers.com\/post\/are-you-career-ready\" style=\"font-size: 14pt\">career readiness<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> skills such as communication and application of information technology. Textbook press releases that complete all stages of editing will be published on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialstudies.clevelandhistory.org\/\" style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><em>Social Studies @ CSU<\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">.<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nInstructions:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Choose a world history textbook or Open Educational Resource (OER) that could be used in a PK-12 classroom. For example, <i>The Big History Project<\/i> https:\/\/bhp-public.oerproject.com\/. You may also use a textbook from your student teaching\/apprenticeship site or for CSU students browse <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.csuohio.edu\/\">Scholar<\/a> Michael Schwartz Library using the search term \"curmats.\"<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Write a press release around 1000 words (notes not included). You may use any formats supported by WordPress.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Assignment Materials and Rubric available in <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/modern-world-history\/back-matter\/appendix-8\/\">Appendix 8<\/a>.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--exercises\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Elements of a Press Release<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nUse the following criteria to evaluate the textbook in your press release:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Periodization<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regional coverage<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Illustrations\/Maps<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Treatment of marginalized populations, gender, and\/or class<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Supplemental resources \u2013 i.e. online tools, source readers<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Organization\/References<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Citation for First Edition\/Printing (Chicago Style)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Press Release (the analytical text of the press release, or the video and transcript, 1000 words)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><strong>Sample formats for your press release<\/strong><\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Written\/Journalistic Style: <a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/historicalstudiesstudentresearch\/chapter\/rosepr\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.ulib.csuohio.edu\/historicalstudiesstudentresearch\/chapter\/rosepr\/<\/a> (this example is from HIS 299: Intro to Historiogrpahy)<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Video Clip: See this clip with Kenn Michael on\u00a0<em>Reading Rainbow<\/em> giving an overview of <em>Jumanji\u00a0<\/em>for inspiration:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQG6AR5diPw\"> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MQG6AR5diPw<\/a>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Note: if you create a video you will need to be sure to have closed captioning and a transcript to post on your page with the video. Include any footnotes and bibliography.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Open Educational Resources\/Digital Humanities Projects\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>See this review of\u00a0<em>Islands in the North<\/em> for a good example of tone and analysis for these types of projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/reviewsindh.pubpub.org\/pub\/islands-in-the-north\/release\/3\">https:\/\/reviewsindh.pubpub.org\/pub\/islands-in-the-north\/release\/3\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Finding Textbooks\/Open Educational Resources<\/span><\/h1>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<h3>Use the following resources to locate and review textbooks and open educational resources<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.csuohio.edu\/HIS370\">Michael Schwartz Library HIS 370 Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li>For CSU Students: <a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.csuohio.edu\/er.php?course_id=72836\">HIS 370\/570 Course Reserves<\/a> have links to physical textbooks in the library's curriculum collection.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldhistorycommons.org\/\">World History Commons<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/networks.h-net.org\/h-world\">H-World: <span>a network for practitioners of world history. The list gives emphasis to research, to teaching, and to the connections between research and teaching<\/span><\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.history21.com\/\">History for the 21st Century\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oercommons.org\/\">OER Commons<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/referatory.cleteaching.org\/\">Cleveland Teaching Collaborative Resource Referatory<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>World Historians on Teaching, Periodization, and Organization<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Forum, \"Organizing World History,\" <em>World History Connected<\/em> 15:1 (Winter 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.gmu.edu\/index.php\/whc\/article\/view\/3816\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journals.gmu.edu\/index.php\/whc\/article\/view\/3816<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.gmu.edu\/index.php\/whc\/issue\/view\/27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a>Forum, \"Gender and Empire,\" <em>World History Connected<\/em> 15:3 (Fall 2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.gmu.edu\/index.php\/whc\/issue\/view\/27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/journals.gmu.edu\/index.php\/whc\/issue\/view\/27<\/a>1<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Laura J. 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It is intended as a brief, intense writing exercise for a general audience where students practice <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clestatecareers.com\/post\/are-you-career-ready\" style=\"font-size: 14pt\">career readiness<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"> skills such as communication and application of information technology. Textbook press releases that complete all stages of editing will be published on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/socialstudies.clevelandhistory.org\/\" style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><em>Social Studies @ CSU<\/em><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Instructions:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Choose a world history textbook or Open Educational Resource (OER) that could be used in a PK-12 classroom. For example, <i>The Big History Project<\/i> https:\/\/bhp-public.oerproject.com\/. You may also use a textbook from your student teaching\/apprenticeship site or for CSU students browse <a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.csuohio.edu\/\">Scholar<\/a> Michael Schwartz Library using the search term &#8220;curmats.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Write a press release around 1000 words (notes not included). 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Include any footnotes and bibliography.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Open Educational Resources\/Digital Humanities Projects\n<ul>\n<li>See this review of\u00a0<em>Islands in the North<\/em> for a good example of tone and analysis for these types of projects. <a href=\"https:\/\/reviewsindh.pubpub.org\/pub\/islands-in-the-north\/release\/3\">https:\/\/reviewsindh.pubpub.org\/pub\/islands-in-the-north\/release\/3\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h1 class=\"textbox__title\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff\">Finding Textbooks\/Open Educational Resources<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<h3>Use the following resources to locate and review textbooks and open educational resources<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.csuohio.edu\/HIS370\">Michael Schwartz Library HIS 370 Research Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<li>For CSU Students: <a href=\"https:\/\/researchguides.csuohio.edu\/er.php?course_id=72836\">HIS 370\/570 Course Reserves<\/a> have links to physical textbooks in the library&#8217;s curriculum collection.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worldhistorycommons.org\/\">World History Commons<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/networks.h-net.org\/h-world\">H-World: a network for practitioners of world history. 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