The 20TH Century

Newspaper Headlines

By: Myra Filerio

Objective

Students will develop a better understanding of the top five 20th century newspaper headlines. By analyzing these interesting world and U.S.

events in the 20th century students will be able to better understand history and what took place. Through the use of images and other

educational tools students will compare and contrast the headlines of 20th century to ones we have today by gathering newspapers that are circulating the 21st century. Lastly, students will discuss what changes were made between the 20th century headlines and the ones today.

During this time period there were a lot of

significant events that most of the newspaper headlines came from this time frame. I chose the top five most memorable events of the 20th century the Holocaust, Apollo 11, Titanic Sinks, Atomic bomb and the Great Depression.

The 20th Century

Holocaust

The Jewish Holocaust becomes a public reality because Two-Thirds Of Jews In Poland Held Slain" and "Only 1,250,000 Said to Survive of 3,500,000 Once There“ this headline becomes published back in the 20th century to inform us this was an important event that happened in this time period.

Apollo 11

Apollo is a great keepsake from one of our nation's and mankind's greatest achievements.

Apollo 11 moon landing newspaper headline is an important event of the 20th century because Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first human beings, Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr., on Earth's Moon on July 20th, 1969. The United States mission is considered the major accomplishment in the history of space exploration. Apollo 11 fulfilled U.S. President John F. Kennedy's goal of reaching the Moon before the Soviet Union by the end of the 1960s, which he had expressed during a 1961 mission statement before the United States Congress

Titanic Sinks

Titanic Sinks is an important event that also happened during the 20th century period and it became an important headline for the newspaper because the sinking of the ocean. Titanic on April 15, 1912 is remembered as one of the most dramatic events of the twentieth century. In a mere four hours after striking an iceberg, the largest passenger ship yet built sank while on its maiden voyage, claiming the lives of 1,517 persons. Many of those who perished on the ship came from prominent American, British, and European families. 

Atomic bomb

Washington, Aug. 6 -The White House and War Department announced that an atomic bomb, possessing more power than 20,000 tons of TNT, a destructive force equal to the load of 2,000 B-29's and more than 2,000 times the blast power of what previously was the world's most devastating bomb, been dropped on Japan. This headline was also important because it mentioned what Truman says in regards to the atomic bomb.

Great Depression

The Great Depression was an economic slump in North America, Europe, and other industrialized areas of the world that began in 1929 and lasted until about 1939. It was the longest and most severe depression ever experienced by the industrialized Western world.

Though the U.S. economy had gone into depression six months earlier, the Great Depression may be said to have begun with a catastrophic collapse of stock-market prices on the New York Stock Exchange in October 1929. During the next three years stock prices in the United States continued to fall, until by late 1932 they had dropped to only about 20 percent of their value in 1929. Besides ruining many thousands of individual investors, this precipitous decline in the value of assets greatly strained banks and other financial institutions, particularly those holding stocks in their portfolios. Many banks were consequently forced into insolvency; by 1933, 11,000 of the United States' 25,000 banks had failed. The failure of so many banks, combined with a general and nationwide loss of confidence in the economy, led to much-reduced levels of spending and demand and hence of production, thus aggravating the downward spiral. The result was drastically falling output and drastically rising unemployment; by 1932, U.S. manufacturing output had fallen to 54 percent of its 1929 level, and unemployment had risen to between 12 and 15 million workers, or 25-30 percent of the work force.

Unemployment During the Great Depression

This graph is to show you how much US unemployment they had in the 20th century.

21st Century- 911 Terrorist Attack

On September 11, 2001, 19 militants associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda hijacked four airliners and carried out suicide attacks against targets in the United States. Two of the planes were flown into the towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane hit the Pentagon just outside Washington, D.C., and the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Often referred to as 9/11, the attacks resulted in extensive death and destruction, triggering major U.S. initiatives to combat terrorism and defining the presidency of George W. Bush. Over 3,000 people were killed during the attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.

Osama Bin Laden Killed

The US operation to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden was months in the planning but took just minutes to complete.

In a daring raid 120 miles (192km) inside Pakistan, a team of US special forces flew from Afghanistan to Bin Laden's hiding place in the dead of night. They swooped down on the compound in stealth helicopters, swept through the buildings within the high walled enclosure and shot dead a total of five people including Bin Laden.

Around 40 minutes later they left, taking with them Bin Laden's body and a hoard of computer data devices and other information containing intelligence about al-Qaeda and Bin Laden's activities.

Oil Spill

The oil spill of the Gulf of Mexico is one of 21st century newspaper headlines this even is one of the most recent ones that has happened.

The incident happened roughly 20 miles off the coast of Grand Isle, Louisiana, on a platform used for production, not drilling. About 28 gallons of fuel spilled into the region, according to Coast Guard Response Division Chief Ed Cubanski. A half-mile oil sheen reportedly stretched near the area.

The 11 injured were airlifted off the platform, and nine additional crew members were safely evacuated off the platform, according to the Coast Guard.

Obama

President Obama is our 44th US president and he had been in most of the 21st century newspaper headlines and in most of the events that have been happening today. He was re-elected for president back in November, 2012.

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina was one of the most large disasters that happened in the 21st century in New Orleans and it became one of the most memorable events and it was one of the newspaper headlines.

Assignment-Lesson Plan 5

I Chose Lesson Plan Five for your assignment, students will find a recent article from the +6 21st century and compare the +6 headlines to those to the 20st century. You will discuss with the other groups the comparison you made.

I will looking for:

I created my slides on my top ten newspaper headlines five of each century to give you an idea of what I will be looking for on the assignment

given, you don’t have to create a slide show but you will be find six articles on each century and compare them. The purpose of this

PowerPoint was to show what were the most important events that happened in our 20th century.

http://

www.rarenewspapers.com/list?q%5Bquery%5D=Holocaust&q%5Bsearch_method%5D=All+Words

http://issworldhistory.forumotion.net/t1807-apollo-11-a-historical-event

http://www.paperlessarchives.com/titanic.html http://

www.archives.com/genealogy/newspaper-genealogy-atomic-bomb.html

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/depression/about.htm

http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13257330

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