Yesterday, May 14th, we continued to work on our quests and projects.
Today, May 15th, we broke into groups to create "yellow journalism" headlines for events. Yellow journalism is using exaggerated headlines to draw the reader in, and having poorly-researched articles, mostly based on assumptions. We created headlines for the 1890s ("The United States Approaches World Domination during the Gay Nineties"), Alaska ("Will Seward's Folly Turn to Seward's Fame?"), Hawaii ("Revolution Started by American Planters leads to American Control"), Cuba Libre (Death by Chocolate: How taxes led to the death of a beloved poet"), Weyler and Reconcentration ("Mad Dog in Power, 100000 innocents butchered"), yellow journalism itself ("How Do You Know You Aren't Being Lied to?"), war fever ("'Weak Bidder' Afraid of War"), the Maine ("Spaniards Sink Our Ship!"), and cautious McKinley ("Rapid American Leaders Hungry for War").
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