This document summarizes a Google Hangout panel discussion about the Chronicling America website and its resources for teachers. The panel included school librarians and educators from the Library of Congress. It provides information about the scope and growth of Chronicling America, which contains over 7 million newspaper pages from 1836 to 1922. It also lists some of the primary source sets, lesson plans, and blog posts available on the site for classroom instruction. Two of the panelists shared examples of how they have used historical newspapers from Chronicling America and related books in their teaching about major snowstorm events.

2. Classroom Practice
and
Chronicling
America
Google Hangout
March 27, 2013
3:00 EDT

3. Panel
• Diane Cormack, School Library Media Specialist
Norwood Elementary, Harrison County, WV
• Ruth Ferris, School Librarian
Washington Elementary School, Billings, MT
• Cheryl Lederle Ensign, Education Resources Specialist
Library of Congress
• Deborah Thomas, Digital Projects Coordinator
Chronicling America, Library of Congress
• Robin Butterhof, Digital Conversion Specialist
Chronicling America, Library of Congress

4. About Chronicling America

5. About Chronicling America
From 1836-1922… history’s markers

6. About Chronicling America

7. About Chronicling America
NOW
• 7.3 million pages
• 32 state providers
• 130,000 pages in French, Italian,
German, Spanish
2014+
• Addition of Connecticut, Florida,
Idaho, Mississippi, Puerto Rico
• New languages – Danish, Hungarian,
Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish…

12. Teacher Resources
Primary Source Sets
American Authors in the Nineteenth Century: Whitman, Dickinson, Longfellow,
Stowe, and Poe
The Civil War: The Nation Moves Towards War, 1850-61
Harlem Renaissance
Mexican American Migrations and Communities
The Spanish-American War: The United States Becomes a World Power
Lesson Plan
The Titanic: Shifting Responses to Its Sinking
Using Chronicling America

13. Teacher Resources
• Finding Treasures in an Archive of Historical Newspapers: Chronicling America
• 12 Years a Slave: Primary Sources on the Kidnapping of Free African Americans
• Helping Students Visualize the Process of Change with Historic Images
• Teaching with Informational Text: Historic Newspapers from the Library of Congress
• Presidential Elections: Newspapers and Complex Text
• The Titanic: In the News and in Memory
• Informational Text, the Common Core, and the Library of Congress: A Resource
Center Rich with Primary Sources and Teacher Tools
Blog Posts – Instructional Suggestions Using Newspapers

14. From Our Educator Panelist
Girl from the Gulches - The Story of Mary Ronan Study Guide
http://mhs.mt.gov/education/MaryRonan_LessonPlan_Final.pdf
History Mystery – Using Historic Newspapers
http://librarydragonink.weebly.com/historic-newspapers.html
Windows To My Life Blog
http://windows2mylife.blogspot.com/
Ruth Ferris
Billings, MT

15. From Our Educator Panelist
Day of the Blizzard by Marietta Moskin
Texts for differentiation and extensions
Blizzard!: The 1888 Whiteout by Jacqueline Ball
Blizzard!: The Storm That Changed America by Jim Murphy
The Children's Blizzard by David Laskin
City of Snow: The Great Blizzard of 1888 by Linda Oatman
High and Laura Francesca Filippucci
Anna's Blizzard by Alison Hart
Anna, Grandpa, and the Big Storm by Carla Stevens
Panic in the Snow : The 1888 New York City Blizzard by
Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
Diane Cormack
Harrison County, WV

16. From Our Educator Panelist
Newspapers from Chronicling America about Blizzard of 1888
• The Abbeville Press And Banner., March 28, 1888, Image 2
• Bismarck Weekly Tribune., March 23, 1888, Image 4
• Burlington Weekly Free Press., March 16, 1888, Image 1
• Evening Capital Journal., March 15, 1888, Image 1
• Clinch Valley News., March 23, 1888, Image 2
Diane Cormack
Harrison County, WV

17. From Our Educator Panelist
Newspapers from Chronicling America about Blizzard of 1888
• Los Angeles Daily Herald., March 13, 1888, Image 1
• Omaha Daily Bee., March 22, 1888, Image 1
• Sacramento Daily Record-union., March 13, 1888, Image 1
• Sacramento Daily Record-union., March 14, 1888, Image 1
• St. Paul Daily Globe., March 20, 1888, Page 4, Image 4
Diane Cormack
Harrison County, WV