Finding the Past Chronicling America in the Classroom Stark County ESC Social Studies Lead Teachers Meeting

March 3, 2015

Jenni Salamon, Coordinator, Ohio Digital Newspaper Program

Agenda

• Newspapers in the Classroom

• How to Use Chronicling America

• Chronicling America in the Classroom

• Wrap-Up

NEWSPAPERS IN THE CLASSROOM

(Why Newspapers are a Great Classroom Resource)

• Primary source o Sometimes considered secondary!

• History’s “first draft”

• Contemporary analysis & public opinion • Unique stories & enhanced details

• Corroborate other sources

In the Standards

• History Strand o Personal history can be shared through stories and pictures o Photographs, letters, artifacts and books can be used to

learn about the past o Change over time can be shown with artifacts, maps and

photographs o Events in local history can be shown on timelines organized

by year, decades and centuries o Primary and secondary sources can be used to create

historical narratives o Different perspectives on a topic can be obtained from

a variety of historic and contemporary sources o Use of primary and secondary sources includes the

examination of the source’s credibility

In the Standards

• Geography Strand o Models and maps represent places o Daily life is influenced by the agriculture, industry and

natural resources in different communities • Government Strand

o A constitution is a written plan for government. • Economic Strand

o Goods are objects that satisfy people’s wants. Services are actions that satisfy people’s wants.

In the Standards

• Specific historic events, people and places related to each grade’s content statements o Local history o State history o National history o World history

HOW TO USE CHRONICLING AMERICA

What is Chronicling America?

• Website sponsored by the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities

• Free access to over 9 million keyword-searchable images (and growing!) o 1836-1922

o Over 1,600 titles

o 38 states/territories

Select Northeast Ohio Area Newspapers

• Cadiz Sentinel, 1844-1868 • Canal Dover Ohio

Democrat, 1839-1845 • Canton Stark County

Democrat, 1868-1910 • Carroll Free Press, 1841-

1858 • Ravenna Democratic Press,

1868-1895 • Ravenna Portage Sentinel,

1845-1862 • Salem Anti-Slavery Bugle,

1845-1861

Chronicling America http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov

Search Bar Features

• Search Pages (Basic Search)

• Advanced Search

• All Digitized Newspapers, 1836-1922

• US Newspaper Directory

Browsing Chronicling America

More Info

Browsing Chronicling America

Browsing All Front Pages

Search Pages (Basic Search)

• Search is not case-sensitive

• Special and diacritic (letters with accent marks) are ignored

• Common words (and, or, not, the) are ignored

Search Results

Image Viewing Screen

Zoom View Options (Text, PDF, JP2) Toggle Full Page Scissors Icon (Clip/Print) Navigation (page, issue) Citation

Full Screen View

Printing an Image

Advanced Search

Advanced Searching: Any vs. All

...with any of the words

11,335 results

Edith Cavell

...with all of the words

19 results

Edith Cavell

Advanced Searching: Phrase

• Useful when searching for place/people names or a particular expression

• Type words in the order they are most likely to

appear

Advanced Searching: Proximity

• Useful when searching for information about a particular aspect of a person, event or place

• Search within 5, 10, 50, 100 words • Basic search = 5 word proximity search

Historical Vocabulary

Geographical (e.g. Place

Names) New Berlin North

Canton

Events (e.g. War Names)

War with Spain

Spanish-American

War

Nouns (e.g. People,

Objects, Political Movements, etc.)

Suffrage Voting Rights

Historical Vocabulary

Current Vocabulary North

Canton 103

results

Historical Vocabulary New

Berlin 2,771 results

May 14, 1918

January 5, 1900

March 20, 1903

Recommended Topics

• Topics widely reported upon by newspapers

• People, places, events, fads, etc.

• Timeline, search terms/ strategies, links to articles

Historical Newspapers

• Often partisan, with specific political agendas

• Multiple papers in each town, county or region

• More graphics and prominent headlines in 20th century

More Search Tips

• Use state and date limiters

• Use limits in combination to achieve more precise searching

• Use many words to characterize the topic

• Too many results? Use more specific terms

• Too few results? Use alternate terms and broader subjects

Ohio Memory Newspaper Resources

• Ohio Memory (www.ohiomemory.org) o More digitized newspapers o Educational resources (see below)

• Video Tutorials (also at www.youtube.com/ohiohistory)

o Using Chronicling America Podcast Series o Chronicling America Search Strategy Videos

• Ohio Subject (Topic) Guides

o Topics include famous people, military history, landmarks, education and more

CHRONICLING AMERICA IN THE CLASSROOM

Analyzing Propaganda – Definitions

• Propaganda: information, ideas or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.

• Propaganda techniques: improper appeal to emotion used for the purpose of swaying the opinions of an audience

Propaganda Techniques

• Bandwagon • Euphemisms • Fear • Glittering generalities • Name calling • Plain-folks • Testimonial • Transfer

Analyzing Propaganda Who is the intended

audience?

What propaganda techniques are being used? How do you

know?

What visuals are used? What do they symbolize? How are they supposed to make the

reader feel?

Your Turn!

• Find

• Analyze

• Report

WRAP-UP

More Ways to Use Newspapers

• Political cartoon analysis

• Photo analysis

• Examining bias and comparing different perspectives

• Writing headlines, stories and captions

• Timeline

• Mapping historical events and newspaper articles

Ohio History Connection Educator Services

Who are we and what do we do?

Educational Offerings Galore The Ohio History Connection has several offerings that are designed to enhance the educational experience for Ohio’s teachers and students • Ohio as America online textbook • Teacher professional development • Student and teacher distance learning

Ohio as America www.ohioasamerica.org

• 4th grade online textbook • 8th grade supplement • Subscription based • Standards aligned/CCSS aligned • Peer reviewed • Sample chapters • Updated yearly

Creative Learning Factory www.creativelearningfactory.org

• Teacher professional development o Workshops o Webinars o Contract PD

• Award-winning Student distance learning

• Teacher distance learning • Museum Educator Series

Ohio History Day www.ohiohistoryday.org

• Statewide program • Teacher customizable • Year-long • Skill building

o Research o Teamwork o Creativity

• Contests • Low/no cost

Additional Offerings www.ohiohistoryteachers.org

• Field Trips o School Days! o Thundermugs and Teacups o Underground Railroad o Winter Holidays Program

Thank You!

• Questions? Comments?

• Jenni Salamon, jsalamon@ohiohistory.org