Day One: Overview about the Spanish-American War and "Yellow Journalism" (Misinformation of its time).
Day Two: Learn about the concept of misinformation in today's media landscape: Participate in NearPod activity and Snopes activity.
Day Three: Examine an article in the era of "Yellow Journalism". Complete organizer using the resources to the right. Add to Padlets in groups using your organizers.
The term "yellow journalism" refers to American newspapers that use eye-catching headlines and sensationalized exaggerations for increased sales, originated from the popular "Yellow Kid" comic strip that was published first in the World and later in the Journal. The Yellow Kid used color to increase sales.
In the time period of the Spanish-American War (1898), there were two newspapers that battled each other for sales. The World was owned by Joseph Pulitzer and The New York Journal was owned by William Randolph Hearst. Each was very excited by the possibility of a war between the United States and Spain for control over Cuba.
Step One: Examine the news article that matches your handout.
Step Two: Use the article and the handout to judge whether the facts of the article are True, False, or a Mixture (just like Snopes.com)
Step Three: Click on the link below for your class. Make sure that you log in or enter your name before your post so you get credit!
The Three Stories:
Padlets: