Class: 5/17/13 & 5/20/13

On Friday (5/17/13) we shared the Yellow Journalism headlines we created and then decided which headlines were the most catchy and interesting. I noticed that our class picked a lot of the same headlines showing that Yellow Journalism can really catch people’s attention. Today (5/20/13) we depicted a couple political cartoons that showed what Teddy Roosevelt did involving the Panama Canal. The Panama Canal was first started by the French but they were unsuccessful and the project went bankrupt, later on the U.S finished the Canal after the rebellion of Panama and Columbia. We then read a speech Roosevelt wrote and broke it apart. We decided whether or not his actions in Panama were justified. I think Roosevelt’s actions were justified because the Panama Canal was extremely successful.