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Agenda

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.

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Jennifer Jourdain
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Montachusett Regional Voc Tech School
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Step One: Examine the original news article that matches your handout. 

Step Two: Use the article above 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!


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