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Lesson Objective:

What Happened to the USS MAINe?

  • Understand the role the Media Plays in shaping public opinion
  • Understand Yellow Journalism and the role it played in 1898

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What Happened To The USS Maine?

Find a partner and decide who will read which document

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Discuss:

What Claim Did Each Article Make?

What Evidence Do You See to Support the Claim?

Which Article Did You Find More Credible?

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What do you notice about the

Appearance, Headline, Tone, Images, Agenda

EXPLORE

Post Here

Pick One Of the bullets and use it as the title of your post. Be clear which publication you are describing.

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Watch one or both of these videos

Discuss as class

EXPLAIN

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Possible Questions

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  • What role does the media play in shaping public opinion?
  • Are the elements of Yellow Journalism still present today?
  • Create your own question and response

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  • Create a political cartoon that Illustrates the differences between the articles or the impact of Yellow Journalism as it relates to the Spanish American War.

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Use one of the following tools and respond to one of the questions or prompts. Turn in your assignment in Google Classroom.

Apply

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