A PowerPoint presentation on how to incorporate Chronicling America's historic newspapers into the classroom. Examples of resources available for teachers and examples of History Day Vermont-related content is given.
2. Part of the
National Digital
Newspaper Program
Digitizing historic
Vermont newspapers
between 1836-1922
Vermont Content Online:
• 59 Vermont titles
• 260,000 pages
• Every county
represented (except
Grand Isle)
3. Online tool to search
historic newspapers from
across the country.
8 million pages from
1836-1922 available to
search by text.
You can search, save,
download, print, and clip
articles for free.
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
4. Historical perspectives on international,
national and local themes, events, and
topics.
News as it happened, as it was perceived.
Culture and times!
Great tool for looking at leadership and
legacy at the local and national level.
Content-specific vocabulary & nonfiction,
primary source reading experience.
Easy to use! Brings a historical primary
source to the modern audience with modern
tools.
Essex County herald.,
February 05, 1915, Image 5
5. Vermont-specific Content:
Vermont Digital Newspaper Project
Website:
library.uvm.edu/vtnp
Chronicling America:
Chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
or
ChroniclingAmerica.com
6. Vermont Digital Newspaper
Project Website
Educator Resource Page:
library.uvm.edu/vtnp/
?page_id=1904
Also, VTDNP has a:
Pinterest
Flickr
Facebook
Blog
SlideShare
7. • Offered through the National
Endowment for the Humanities
• Nation-level prize in Junior and Senior
divisions
• Awarded to an outstanding entry in any
category that utilizes the newspaper
resources that are available on the
Chronicling America: Historic American
Newspapers website.
• Each content item from Chronicling
America (article, image, etc.) used for the
entry must be noted in the Primary
Sources section of the Annotated
Bibliography and follow proper NHD
citation guidelines for Web content.
Edsitement!
edsitement.neh.gov
Last Year’s Winners
Another
great website
for teachers!
8. Keyword searches
Simple search
Advanced search
All Digitized
Newspapers
100 years ago
Recommended Topics
Likely students will need
to use only the simple
search.
chroniclingamerica.loc.gov
9. Could be a good place
for students to start.
Important National
Events, People,
Inventions, Cultural
Trends
Includes:
Important Dates
Suggested Search
Terms
Sample Articles
Vermont-specific Topics
in the works!
http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/topics/
10. We’ll learn two ways:
Simple Search
Advanced Search
Important: The search
technology searches the
newspaper text, so think
about historical language!
11. Pick a state or
search all
states.
Pick a year range or
specific year.
Remember, years
are between
1836-1922.
Enter a search word(s) here.
12. The Search Pages tool will
scan the newspaper text to
find results.
1. Scroll down to
find Vermont
2. Keep
the year
range as
it is
3. Type in the word: library 4. Click on Go.
13. c
45,506
results!!
“Library”
highlighted in
red on the
newspaper
page.
The search tool searches the text to find the word/phrase you entered. In this case, “library.”
14. Click on these
two buttons to
zoom in and out.
Or, scroll with
your mouse or
fingers.
Click on
this to go
to full
screen.
This shows which
page of the
newspaper is
shown. Shown here
is page 3. Use the
arrows to go from
page to page.
Use these arrows
to browse
surrounding
newspaper issues.
15. 1.Zoom in to something you are interested
in clipping.
2. Click on the scissor tool.
3.You can then print or save the image.
The red box shows
what will be clipped.
17. United States Representative
(1855-1867) and Senator from
Vermont (1867-1898)
One of the founders of the
Republican Party.
Morrill Tariff of 1861: Reception
was mixed. Legacy?
Morrill Act 1862 (Land Grant
College Act): established federal
funds and land for colleges in
each state.
Keywords: Senator Morrill, Justin
Morrill, Morrill Tariff, Morrill Act,
Land Grant.
Limit years depending on topic.
Could search state- or nation-wide
content.
The Jasper
weekly
courier.,
Indiana,
February 26,
1862, Image
1
18. Essential Questions: What was the
response to the tariff of 1861? How
is this an example of leadership?
What was the immediate legacy?
Enter the advanced search.
Let’s split up into investigating
north, west, and south newspapers.
What about international
responses?
Groups report in 5 minutes.
19. James P. Taylor (1872-1949)
Founder of Green Mountain
Club (1909)
Long Trail built between 1910-
1930, oldest long-distance
walking trail in the country.
Could do a project on Taylor or
the Green Mountain Club
The Bennington
evening banner., July
30, 1914, Page 5
20. Try a simple search first, with
keywords.
Could limit to Vermont, years
1900-1922.
Search words to try in
combination, proximity, or as
phrases:
Taylor, Long Trail, Green
Mountain Club, J.P. Taylor,
James Taylor.
21. Edna Louise Beard (1877-1928)
was the first woman elected to
the VT House of Reps. and VT
Senate for Orange County (1921-
1922).
Try a simple search first.
Can limit the years to 1919-1922.
Sort results by date to get a
chronology.
Could limit by newspapers:
United Opinion
Keywords: woman, legislator,
Vermont, Edna Beard, Edna L.
Beard, Miss Beard, Orange,
Representative Beard
22. Hartness (1861-1934) was an
inventor, astronomer, aviator,
and VT Governor (1921-1923)
Built the first municipal landing
field in Vermont (1919)
Started first Vermont flight
school in 1921.
President of the Aero Club of
Vermont (1916).
Keywords: Hartness, aviation,
James Hartness, aero, Governor
Hartness.
23. Barre’s granite industry
brought in Italian stone-cutters
at the turn of the
twentieth century.
Barre became a center of
labor radicalism, anarchist
ferment.
Luigi Galleani, one of the
most notable anarchists, lived
in Barre from 1903-1911.
Newspapers: Cronaca
Sovversiva (Italian)
24. This PowerPoint
will be posted on
our website and
available for
download.
Contact us:
library.uvm.edu/vtnp
Erenst Anip, Project Librarian:
eanip@uvm.edu
Karyn Norwood, Digital Support:
knorwood@uvm.edu
Phone: 802-656-0819
Editor's Notes
One thing we will need to keep in mind is that the search tool searches the TEXT of the newspaper. Why do you think that’s important to know?
Answer: People didn’t write or speak the same as we do today. Technology that we have today didn’t exist back then.
For example, you won’t find anything for a computer or television.
Let’s look at the Search Pages tab.
Try clicking on the first box that says “All States.” When you do, a list of states with historic newspaper content appears. Can you find Vermont?
Next to it, there are year ranges. You can pick a certain year range depending on what you are looking for. When might you restrict the year range?
In the box over one, you can enter your keyword search words. For example, if you’re looking for furniture, you would type in furniture here.
Let’s try a search together as a class.
First, find the state of Vermont and select it from the list.
Second, let’s leave the year range as it is.
Third, let’s enter the world “library” in to the search box. When you’re ready press go.
We got a lot of results. The red on each newspaper page shows where the word “library” was found in the text.
Let’s click on a result on this page and explore how you look at the newspaper page.
Zoom in and out with the + and – buttons on the top, or use your mouse. If using a touchscreen, you can use your fingers to do this. Can you read the text?
Next to that, the “Image” button shows that you are on page 3 of 8 pages for that newspaper issue. You can switch pages by using the arrows on the “Page” buttons.
Let’s take some time to test out some of these features.
So, once you’ve found something interesting on this page, there are some ways to save it and print it.
[You can also save it as a PDF or JP2 (a fancy jpeg). For students, the clipping tool will probably be fine.]
Zoom into something interesting and keep an eye on the red box at the corner of the screen. This shows what will be clipped. Now, click on the scissor tool up at the corner of the screen.
The image will open up to a new tab, from which you can save, download, or print the image.
For now, let’s just go back to the homepage (chroniclingamerica.loc.gov)
[Depending on the age of students, you can quickly skip over this. For most students, the simple search will be the most relevant and used.]
Here you can search by state, specific newspaper (say if you were looking in a certain town), by year or date range. You can also try a variety of search terms.
You can also search by language. Give students an opportunity to test this page out if time allows.