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"Great Sea Victory For America" or "Awful Slaughter": Dueling Front Pages



Students analyze 2 editorial cartoons for messages about a U.S. naval assault in the the Philippine American War and about point of view in media messages. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Questioning Manifest Destiny”. To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.

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Relevant Subject Area(s)

Visual Arts, Commercial Arts/Advertising, Journalism, US History, Civics And Government, Sociology

Grade Level(s)

Middle School, High School, College

Media Type(s)

News - Print

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

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