A new classroom activity has been added to the Outreach page! Today we have: “Atomic Age,” a document based question activity weighing the public opinions for and against the use of atomic energy in the United States. This activity uses historical Ohio newspapers from Chronicling America to provide examples that focus discussion. If you like these
Two new classroom activities have been added to the Outreach page! Today we have: “To Strike or Not to Strike,” a critical thinking and group decision-making activity about whether a labor union ought to strike during World War II; and “And Now, the News!,” a perspective-taking and creative acting activity about identifying communication biases, with
Newspaper records can be confusing to navigate. A single newspaper can have multiple records, and a new record is made every time that newspaper changes its title, publication frequency, location of publication, ownership or focus. Complementary to title essays, which explain these changes in paragraph form, project staff have added visual diagrams to explain how
We are pleased to announce that we are now hosting the Chronicling America Topic Guides, previously available on Ohio Memory. Many of these have already been written, but keep an eye out for new topics released regularly. You can also find crossword puzzles, scavenger hunts, and word searches designed to familiarize yourself with Chronicling America
NDNP-OH staff present “Searching Ohio’s Immigrant Newspapers on Chronicling America and Ohio Memory” at the Ohio Genealogical Society Annual Conference.
We are pleased to announce the release of “United States Immigrant Respond to Significant Late 19th-Early 20th Century Events” lesson plan! These educational materials have been created to engage students with digitized foreign language newspapers. Students will learn how to search the Chronicling America website to find evidence of the past, detect bias in newspaper articles, and
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America’s Foreign Language Newspapers” at the Mahoning Valley Historical Society’s Tyler History Center for their Bites and Bits of History Program.
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America” at the University of Cincinnati.
NDNP-OH staff present “All About Chronicling America” at a Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society meeting.
We are pleased to announce the release of “The 1920s Ku Klux Klan from an Immigrant Perspective” unit plan! These educational materials have been created to engage students with digitized foreign language newspapers. Students will learn how to search the Chronicling America website to find evidence of the past, detect bias in newspaper articles, and analyze the