11.4 Students trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.

Domestic Policy Foreign Policy Neutrality Unilateralism Diplomacy Mass Media

You are walking through the quad during brunch, on your way to the cafeteria to buy a delicious slice of pizza from the pizza cart. On your way you hear a big circle of people yelling. As you get closer you hear people chanting “Fight! Fight! Fight!”

As you get even closer to the circle you see that one of the people in the middle is your friend and the other person is one of the most popular persons at school, but you don’t know him/her personally.

a) Get in the middle- separate them bothb) Jump in on your friend’s side and beat up

the other personc) Jump in on the side of the more popular kid

because you want to get something out of them or become popular?

d) Walk away- do nothinge) Yell words of encouragement to your friendf) Beat up everyone- they deserve it for

starting the fightg) Go get a teacherh) Watch and see how it goes and then decide

Isolationism/Neutrality

Collective

Security/Diplomacy

Unilateralism

Imperia

lism

Get in the middle- separate them both Collective Security, diplomacy

Jump in on your friend’s side and beat up the other guy Unilateralism

Jump in on the side of the more popular kid because you want to get something out of them or become popular? Unilateralism

Walk away- do nothing Neutrality

Yell words of encouragement to your friend Unilateralism

Beat up everyone- they deserve it for starting the fight Imperialism

Go get a teacher Collective Security, diplomacy

Watch and see how it goes and then decide Isolationism to unilateralism

Story Relation:Loner- Neutrality, IsolationismPeacemaker- Collective security, diplomacy Good/Selfish Friend/one sided- UnilateralismSchool Bully- Imperialism

Steps:Read the following primary sourcesSummarize source in your own wordsPlace it on the spectrumWrite 1 reason why you placed the source in the category

Isolationism/Neutrality

Collective

Security/Diplomacy

Unilateralism

Imperia

lism

Homework, pgs 262-267 Add information from the following to your

spectrum: American inaction during Cuban Revolution The de Lome Letter The Maine explosion US Response to the Maine explosion Fighting in the Philippines Fighting in Cuba, Treaty of Paris Platt Amendment

Think about the bully story… How could you make the situation grow

or get worse in some way? Brainstorm Pair Share Why would you do this?

Sensational news stories that often exaggerated the facts

Part of a “newspaper war” between Pulitzer’s New York World and Hearst’s New York Journal

US Newspapers React Only major form of mass media in the US Hearst & Pulitzer support revolutionaries

and stir US support

USS Maine sinks in Havana harbor after an explosion

Newspapers blame Spain Later it is found

that a coal bin exploded inside the ship

Reflection- should manipulative journalism be legal? Which ideals does it support, which ideals does it deny?

STEP 1: Using the textbook, create a yellow journalism headline or image representing the buildup to the Spanish-American War Pgs. 260-261

STEP 2: Create a yellow journalism headline or image for today.