After analyzing newspaper articles portraying different perspectives of the explosion of the Battleship USS Maine, your young historians will take a stand on which position is the most believable in both discussion and writing.

Concepts

the spanish-american war, primary source analysis, primary sources, news media, news reporting, yellow journalism, cuba

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Consider an alternative anticipatory activity that involves students offering different perspectives of a staged event in your classroom. This can be a real hands-on, relevant learning experience to engage your learners 

Pros

• Excellent progression of instructional activities
• Newspaper article links included
• Also includes three-minute film to provide students with further context for the lesson

Cons

• None

Common Core

RH.6-8.1 RH.6-8.2 RH.9-10.1 RH.9-10.2 RH.9-10.5 RH.9-10.6 RH.9-10.7 RH.11-12.1 RH.11-12.2 RH.11-12.5 RH.11-12.6 RH.11-12.7