Unit 5: Industrialization

7. Yellow Journalism

SWBAT assess the impact of Yellow Journalism on

America’s march towards war with Spain and analyze the benefits of imperialism on America’s economy.

Lesson Objective

Yellow Journalism Writing newspaper articles that are dramatic and

exaggerated with the intention of getting people angry and impassioned.

Segregation in America Base your answers upon the picture on the next slide How do tabloids entice people to buy copies of their

magazines? Chart & Share Out Discussion

Do you believe that most people believe the headlines they read in tabloids?

Word of the Day/Initial Activity

Word of the Day/Initial Activity

Focus Question: How does Yellow Journalism skew

facts in order to sell papers?

Read Propaganda and Yellow Journalism What is propaganda? How did Hearst and Pulitzer use Yellow Journalism to sell

newspapers? Write a claim, provide 1 piece of evidence and analyze

Extension Activity Is it moral to write in the fashion of yellow journalism in

order to sell newspapers? Share Out

Activity 1: Propaganda and Yellow Journalism

2 minute to write down a response to this

question:

How could Yellow Journalism negatively impact American society if it were to develop into a consistent practice? Develop a list of three ways that it could impact society.

Turn & Talk: 30 seconds per partner Share Out

Yellow Journalism QuickWrite/ Turn & Talk

Focus Question: How did Yellow Journalism help incite

the American public to demand war with Spain?

Read Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War? How is Hearst’s headline an example of Yellow

Journalism? Write a claim, provide 1 piece of evidence and analyze

Extension Activity How might this Yellow Journalism headline lead to the

outbreak of war between America and Spain? Share Out

Activity 2: Yellow Journalism and the

Spanish American War

1. Spanish-American War a. Causes: Cuba revolts against Spain

a. Humanitarian: Americans sympathize with Cuban independence b. Economic: US invested $50 million in Cuba, Spain threatens it c. Expansionist: America could take over Spanish lands if they win

war. 2. Yellow Journalism

a. Newspapers spread rumors that Spain sinks the USS Maine a. False acquisation but Americans demand war

3. Platt Amendment a. America signs treaty with now-free Cuba to control much of its

economy and politics. 4. Open Door Policy

a. America creates a policy that will allow open trade with China a. Opens up Chinese markets and is another act of imperialism.

Mini-Lesson

Exit TicketNews organizations were engaging in yellow journalism before the Spanish-American war when

a. publishers tried to prevent the warb. articles about Cuba were fair and balancedc. editors exaggerated events to build support for ward. writers ignored the situation in Cuba

2) Share with me one thing that you find interesting from class today. Why do you find it interesting?3) Share with me one-way in which the information from class today affects your life today.

Summary