Hey everyone! This is just a reminder that you will have one more class day to finish your newspaper projects on the Spanish-American War. After the next class, you will hand it in the morning after(Wednesday for A Days and Thursday for B Days). If you have any questions, just email me! I have included the information for the project below (I did not include the rubric; consult the hard copy I gave you in class).
~Mr. Mazur
Background:
With the sinking of the U.S.S Maine, Americans (and newspaper correspondents) finally pushed the President, William McKinley, into a war with Spain. Fabricated and exaggerated stories plastered newspapers before and during the war. These had a huge impact on American opinion.
Your assignment:
You are to create your own newspaper spanning the Spanish-American War using the techniques of yellow journalism. You will be in the computer lab for 2 class days researching and working on your projects. You will include headlines and articles, pictures, and political cartoons.
What is required?
• A catchy title to the newspaper
• Headlines that embody yellow journalism
• Highly biased news articles (on at least 4 events)
• Depictions of major events and people during the Spanish-American War
• At least two fictional quotes from an interview per article
• At least one picture per article
• At least one political cartoon for the newspaper
Suggestions
• Break up group into different positions (example-researchers for information or pictures, writers of the article, person to create the format)
• Do extra research at home
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