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Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past
Webinar

Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past

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There is a wealth of information in historical newspapers, but it can be challenging for students to find and access the information on the page. This webinar explores how students can find content in historical newspapers related to topics of study and how close reading and other historical analysis approaches can assist students in coming to an understanding of the text's meaning in the newspaper and of the historical event being written about.

Tom Bober, librarian at RM Captain Elementary School in Clayton, MO, focuses his presentation around historical newspapers from the Library of Congress' Chronicling America and the Google Newspaper Archive. He will share:

  • Unique search techniques for each source to find articles as well as information on the newspapers themselves
  • Close reading strategies to use with historical newspapers
  • Sourcing, contextualizing, and corroborating to make meaning of the event or individual being explored through historical newspapers

Multiple elements within a newspaper, including news stories, headlines, news leads, advertisements, comic strips, and editorials, will be part of the session. Upper elementary through high school educators, librarians, instructional coaches and coordinators are invited to watch this recorded session. Learn how to use close reading with historical newspapers to make meaning from the past for your students!

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About the Presenter

Tom Bober is a school librarian, 2018 Library Journal Mover and Shaker, former Teacher in Residence at the Library of Congress, and author of the books Elementary Educator's Guide to Primary Sources: Strategies for Teaching and Building News Literacy: Lessons for Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in Elementary and Middle Schools. He is a Digital Public Library of America Community Rep, a member of the Teachers Advisory Board for the National Portrait Gallery, and a co-chair of the Education Advisory Committee of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting. Tom writes about student learning on AASL's Knowledge Quest blog and publications such as School Library Connection and American Libraries and has given workshops and spoken across the country. His foundation is built on over twenty years in public education, with six years as an elementary classroom teacher, seven years as a building and district instructional technology specialist, and over eight years in school libraries. Find him at https://tombober.com/ and on Twitter @CaptainLibrary.

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MLA Citation
Bober, Tom. "Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past." School Library Connection, October 2017, schoollibraryconnection.com/content/webinar/2269471?topicCenterId=2247903&learningModuleId=2269471.
Chicago Citation
Bober, Tom. "Close Reading with Historical Newspapers: Making Meaning from the Past." School Library Connection, October 2017. https://schoollibraryconnection.com/content/webinar/2269471?topicCenterId=2247903&learningModuleId=2269471.
APA Citation
Bober, T. (2017, October). Close reading with historical newspapers: Making meaning from the past [Video]. School Library Connection. https://schoollibraryconnection.com/content/webinar/2269471?topicCenterId=2247903&learningModuleId=2269471
https://schoollibraryconnection.com/content/webinar/2269471?topicCenterId=2247903&learningModuleId=2269471

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