Starter 11: Interpret the rhetoric of the political cartoons. For each: What perspective is it advancing? What ideology does the cartoon seem to be reflecting?
Group Work (Show me!):
1. 1. Discuss Zinn’s version of events. What claims does he make? What is his bias? How does his ideology influence his interpretation of this era of history?
2. 2. Share with each other the findings from your research. Did you find that other sources shared Zinn’s bias? Did you find sources that seemed to reflect a different ideology about these military conflicts?
3. 3. What are interesting details that you found out about the Spanish-American War?