Curated OER
Deerfield Debates Its Future: Education
Pupils consider the effect of technological development, industrial growth and changing population on education in historical Deerfield Connecticut. They review many primary resources to investigate history and write a response to their...
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Cable News Network, Inc.: Learning Resources: Story Archives
Links to various new stories sorted alphabetically by title and by category. Each story is available in full story, abridged story, or story outline format.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Archiving Early America: Newspaper Coverage of French and Indian War
This resource contains an article written by David A. Copeland on how five American newspapers covered the French and Indian War in the colonial period. See copies of three old newspaper issues.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott: They Changed the World
This very informative site provides everything about the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Includes an interactive timeline, video clips, biographies of the leaders, interviews of people involved, archived newspaper articles, and an entire section...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Students Write a Newspaper
For this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
Alabama Department of Archives and History
Alabama Department of Archives and History: Hank Williams: A Look Back
This collection of primary source materials about Hank Williams includes newspaper articles from the 1940s and 50s, magazine covers, and photographs.
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Widener University: The Nat Turner Project
The Nat Turner Project is a digital archive of primary source materials related to the Nat Turner Slave Rebellion, beginning with the experiences and living conditions of slaves prior to the revolt. The archive houses newspaper articles,...
Kent State University
Kent State University: Kent State Shootings: May 4 Collection
A digital collection of newspaper articles, photographs, and videos about the May 4th shooting on Kent State campus.
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: Extra! Extra!
In this instructional activity students will learn about newspapers including the parts of a newspaper, purpose, and structure of articles. They will gather, record and present information from a variety of sources, using different...
University of Houston
University of Houston: The Journalist's Desk
This site includes eleven brief newspaper stories. Students must identify the main idea of each short news story.
University of Virginia
Race and Place: An African American Community
"Race and Place" is an archive about the racial segregation laws, or the 'Jim Crow' laws from the late 1880s until the mid-twentieth century. The focus of the collection is the town of Charlottesville in Virginia. The site contains...
University of Houston
University of Houston: Extra! Extra! What's the Big Idea?!
Get the feel of running a newspaper by selecting articles and pictures. If you are interested in checking out real newspapers, there is a clickable list of online newspapers for younger readers.