• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.6 Identify aspects of a text that
reveal an author’s point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded
language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.3 Delineate a speaker’s argument
and specific claims, evaluating the soundness of the
reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence
and identifying when irrelevant evidence is introduced.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.8.4 Present claims and findings,
emphasizing salient points in a focused, coherent manner
with relevant evidence, sound valid reasoning, and wellchosen details; use appropriate eye contact, adequate
volume, and clear pronunciation.
Skills Objectives:
• Develop critical thinking skills by analyzing and evaluating
primary sources.
• Better understand bias through analyzing newspaper
articles from multiple perspectives.
• Sharpen interpretation skills by using available sources to
identify support toward an argument.
• Develop communication skills by framing ideas into a
cohesive argument.
• Build group cooperation skills by coming to a consensus in
a team setting.
• Confidently use Chronicling America as a tool for research
projects.
»»Teaching Time: One or two 45-60 minute class
periods
Articles that lean toward averting war
or neutrality:
• Betts, A. G. “Neutrality, Not War.” Daybook, Chicago,
Illinois, May 17, 1915
• “The Fortune of War.” The Herald and News,
Newberry, South Carolina, May 11, 1915
• “Loaded Dice the Symbol of Game.” The Hartford
Herald, Hartford, Kentucky, November 1, 1916
• “Pacifist Leader Urges Revolution to Prevent War.”
New York Tribune, New York, New York, April 3, 1917
• “Rally Round Old Glory.” The Northwest Worker,
Everett, Washington, April 12, 1917
• “Real Patriots.” The Northwest Worker, Everett,
Washington, April 12, 1917
• “Time to Keep Cool.” The Intelligencer, Anderson,
South Carolina, May 11, 1915
• “US Conscription Authorized by Act.” The Labor
World, Duluth, Minnesota, September 9, 1916
• “War!” Daybook, Chicago, Illinois, April 17, 1914
Articles that lean toward war:
• “The American Union Against Militarism.” The Labor
Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio, February 24, 1917
• “Bomb Threat to Gov. Walsh Hints at Death.” The
Washington Times, Washington, D.C., July 14, 1915
• Darrow, Clarence. “No Thinking Person Will Refuse
to Back Wilson.” The Daybook, Chicago, Illinois, April
20, 1917
• “Germany’s Plan to Embroil U.S. and Slice Off 3
States Angers.” El Paso Herald, El Paso, Texas, March
1, 1917
• “Propaganda Seen in Berlin’s Pacific Gesture to U.S.”
New York Tribune, New York, New York, March 23,
1917
• “U. S. Ship Is Sunk; 21 Die; No Warning!” New York
Tribune, New York, New York, March 23, 1917
• “Senator Lodge Fells a Pacifist who Assaults Him in
the Capitol.” The Ogden Standard, Ogden, Utah, April
2, 1917
• “War by Assassination.” The Intelligencer, Anderson,
South Carolina, May 11, 1915
A Serbian soldier off to the front is accompanied to the station by his
wife. (Photo courtesy of the Hulton Archive)
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• “Who is a Good Citizen?” The Leavenworth Echo,
Leavenworth, Washington, July 27, 1917