Front Page News Activity -by Ms. Rocha -Ojeda Middles School

I had to modify this activity due to time and computer availability. When we looked at the newspaper that day (article on president-elect Obama--sorry don't have the issue date!), students were able to compare that article to other newspapers around the country. We used Newseum and saw the Atlanta, Georgia Newspaper, a newspaper from Alaska, and another one from Long Beach California. The students immediately noticed that the newspaper from Alaska had a smaller picture of Obama and a much shorter article. We discussed this and the students stated that Palin was from Alaska and Obama is probably not liked as much there as he is in Georgia or Austin. In the California newspaper, Obama wasn't even mentioned that day. However, one article was the same in all three papers...loan to auto companies GM/Chrysler.