Newsies

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In 1899 the Newsboys of New York City went on strike against the New York World run by Joseph Pulitzer (the newspaper award the Pulitzer Prize is named after him) and The New York Journal run by William Randolph Hearst. Click here to see how the New York Times reported the first day of the strike by the Newsies on July 21, 1899. Below are a list of of Newspaper Articles from the New York Times Archives as they were reported:

July 22, 1899

July 25, 1899

What did you learn about the strike from the Primary Source Newspapers?

The New York Public Library (NYPL) is in the process of digitizing photographs and other artificats of the history of the newsboys strike of 1899. Follow the link to find several images digitized by the NYPL.

Use the Questions here and answer them with your partner about one of the images. Choose one image from the two and continue the conversation, each of you will create a twitter post which both of you will perform. We will use green-screen with the image behind you as you perform your tweet which can be what the person in the image is saying or thinking or what you think about the image and that time in history.

The True Story: media type="youtube" key="zgY5Dacy88s" width="560" height="315"

media type="youtube" key="mpLLctXKwJ8" width="420" height="315" **// 1000 words: If a photo could talk //** ** Image Analysis Guiding Questions ** ** By Paul Bogush **


 * __ OBSERVE: Identify and note details __**
 * What did you see first?
 * Now read the image...what else do you see? No interpretation!
 * What people are in the image?
 * How are they arranged?
 * What is the physical setting?
 * What else do you see that can help you read the image?
 * What is happening in the image? No interpretation.
 * // What do you not see // ?
 * What do you need to know?


 * __ REFLECT: Generate and test hypotheses __**
 * Why do you think this image was made?
 * Why do you think the photographer chose to include these particular details?
 * Who do you think was the audience for this image?
 * What do you think the creator might have wanted the audience to think or feel?
 * Does the arrangement or presentation (lighting, angle, etc.) of the details affect how the audience might think or feel? How?
 * What do you feel when looking at this image?
 * Does this image show clear bias? If so, towards what or whom?
 * // What can you infer // ?

image raise? What do you wonder about. . . • Who? • What? • When? • Where? • Why? • How? What sources might you consult to learn more?
 * QUESTION ** : What didn’t you learn that you would like to know about? What questions does this

What is one question you would have for the photographer?

Now..step back...   If the subjects in the photograph could talk...    What would they say? Why? How would they use Social Media? media type="youtube" key="kK55HUPZG5M" width="560" height="315" Below is how other's have used this document, you will be working with a partner, each creating a Twitter Post (140 characters and the hashtag #Newsies(your name grade section or teacher) example: #NewsiesJasonP6AST1 or JasonP5Dodds. After you have created the twitter post you and your partner will record them in front of the green screen. The picture will be in the background.  media type="youtube" key="G2xxxJR85eQ" width="560" height="315"

To add a bit of color use this file to see how the Newsies spoke.