Once again I have discovered a really neat site, thanks to Kathy Schrock. It is called Old Magazine Articles, and I really enjoyed looking over some of the articles and cartoons I found at this site. The articles were published from 1860 to 1922 in a wide array of magazines from those time periods.
Some of the topics deal with weird science, such as the egg laying hens that were fed wine to "up" the egg production, and the cartoons showing a German occupation of New York City. That one was quite strange, but intriguing when you think about it.
Besides those items what I really found neat about this site are all the articles that can be found there. Some of them are very nostalgic and I can easily see the connection between then and now that could be made by using these in the classroom. Students would be able to glimpse the world of say, WWI, and then be able to compare and/or contrast it with Vietnam (or another war), and then go further to take a look at what is going on today in Iraq. Many critical questions could be asked and students would be able to use the internet during the process.
Some other topics I noticed while browsing the site included the Civil War, Prohibition, Women's issues, Immigration, the Titanic, the Ku Klux Klan, Native Americans, Opinions about Americans and even old movies.
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Barb,
This is such a great site! I absolutely love historical literature, and I could use this site to enhance my instruction. You could use the material you find their to allowe students to actually ge a glimpse of what was going on during the era the novel is set.
When I was student teaching, I taught a historical fiction novel, and this site would have been great!
Thanks for sharing
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