Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Independent Research

Starter #10:  Martin Luther King Jr's Speech at the March on Washington August, 1963.  Why is his rhetoric so effective?




Define:  bias, spin

Read Howard Zinn, Chapter 12
1.  What reasons does Zinn give for American involvement in the Spanish-American War? 
2.  Does Zinn present a biased view of America’s intervention in the Phillipines?  
3.  What is Howard Zinn's spin on these events?



Find other secondary sources about the Spanish-American War and/or the Philippine conflict. 
1.  Citation
2.  Compare/contrast your source to Howard Zinn’s version of the events.  Does the source have a similar spin or bias?  Note important similarities and/or differences.