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    Historic Newspapers

    Historic newspapers can serve a variety of purposes in a 4th grade classroom. In my county, we teacher VA Studies in 4th grade and I believe that students being able to search and analyze these articles as a primary source will allow them to make another connection to the lesson. I use a lot of IDM and DBQ and newspaper articles serve as a phenomenally rich primary source to incorporate in the lessons. 

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    • What, to the American Slave, is Your 4th of July: I would use the primary sources from this blog to incorporate with an IDM that I teach in 4th grade in which the compelling question is "Did the founding fathers protect liberty or slavery when they wrote the founding documents?" - the perspective and conversation from Frederick Douglass will provide students with a different lens in terms of answering the question
    • Honoring African American Contributions: The Newspaper - I would use this blog to discuss the various ways in which African Americans received their information and the different types of newspapers available to the African American Community. Students will also make connections with certain newspapers and the inspiration from which they came. I will also ask students how is this different from the way we get news today? 
    • Hiram Revels: First African American Senator - I would use this to show students the changes in the Reconstruction Era and how African Americans did gain rights and liberties prior to the implementation of Jim Crow (I would incorporate this with my Newsela Lesson)
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    Some wonderful, specific ideas!

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