Interpreting a written document:  Current and Historical Newspapers

The following Online Newspapers collection can be used by students as they develop the technique "Interpreting a Written Document". 



Newspaper Site Collections (General)

News - Canadiana Internet Sites by the Library and Archives of Canada is an excellent list of Canadian newspapers.  (Français ici)


Historical Newspapers online:

A few Quebec newspapers in English, from the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
(Suggested by Luc Lepine as of June 2008)

Warmuseum: Canadian Newspapers and the Second World War   (Français ici)
"During the Second World War, the staff of the century-old Hamilton Spectator newspaper kept its own monumental record of the war. This collection of more than 144,000 newspaper articles, manually clipped, stamped with the date, and arranged by subject." British Library collection using [product] Olive ActivePaper Archiving system.   Four major UK papers  dating into the 1800s.

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers Online
View newspaper pages from 1897 to 1910 from the following states: California, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, and Virginia.



Technique-specific:  Using Newspapers in the Classroom

Using Newspapers in the Classroom
Quick and easy to read ideas from the Teachers Desk site

NWAnews.com Newspapers in Education section
Various ways to use sections of a newspaper organized by subject, level, etc.