DrWeb<p><strong>Closer Look: Chronicling America | Teaching with the Library – Library of Congress</strong></p><blockquote><p> <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Teaching with the Library Primary Sources & Ideas for Educators</a>: </p><p><strong>Closer Look: Chronicling America</strong></p><a class="" href="https://www.loc.gov/resource/hec.30252/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Harris & Ewing, photographer. Newspaper Boys. United States, [Between 1915 and 1923] Photograph. <a href="https://www.loc.gov/item/2016885202/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.loc.gov/item/2016885202/</a>.<p>July 22, 2025, Posted by: <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/author/colsmith/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Colleen Smith</a></p><p><em>This post is part of a <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/?s=closer+look%3A" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">series</a> taking a closer look at various resources to support teachers using the Library’s digital collections in their classrooms. </em></p><p><strong><em>Chronicling America</em> is one of many digital collection gems that the Library has to offer teachers and students. The collection gives users access to selected digitized newspapers published through 1963. For long-time users of Chronicling America, you may notice the website has a new look. While the format is new, your favorite tools have been preserved and augmented: You can <a href="https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america/download-and-view/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">download and view</a> newspapers, as well as <a href="https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america/images/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">clip, save, and share</a> a particular section or article.</strong></p><p>Newspapers, as a type of primary source, help students imagine what it might have been like to live in a particular time or place: consuming media of different historical eras can help to slow down the big events of history and see how they were experienced in real time. Newspapers can also be a tool for teaching different text types, media literacy, and message crafting.</p><p><strong>Quick Ideas for Teaching with Historical Newspapers</strong></p><ul><li>Examine as type of informational text</li><li>Student research about a time, place, or event</li><li>Gaining more context about significant historical events </li><li>Slow down to see big things happening in real time</li><li>Seeing coverage of a scientific invention or innovation from the past</li></ul><p>You can find even more ideas for how to use Chronicling America with students in these <a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/?new=true&s=chronicling+america&loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">blog posts. </a></p><p><strong>Navigating Chronicling America</strong></p><p>There are several ways you can search Chronicling America’s collection of historic newspapers. A good place to start is in the “Collection Items,” which you can find on the <a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/about-this-collection/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Chronicling America homepage</a>.</p><a href="https://www.loc.gov/collections/chronicling-america/about-this-collection/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"></a>Selection from homepage of Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers<p>Once in the collection, we recommend using some or all of the filters in the advanced search field. Depending on what you or your students are researching, you can narrow results through a keyword search, by location, ethnicity group, or by date. These <a href="https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america/search-tips/?loclr=blogtea" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">search tips</a> can be helpful to both teachers and students.</p><p>Continue/Read Original Article Here: <em><a href="https://blogs.loc.gov/teachers/2025/07/closer-look-chronicling-america/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Closer Look: Chronicling America | Teaching with the Library</a></em></p></blockquote> <p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/america/" target="_blank">#America</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/blogs/" target="_blank">#Blogs</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/books/" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/chronicling-america/" target="_blank">#ChroniclingAmerica</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/historic-newspapers/" target="_blank">#HistoricNewspapers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/libraries/" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library/" target="_blank">#Library</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/library-of-congress/" target="_blank">#LibraryOfCongress</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/loc/" target="_blank">#LOC</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/newspapers/" target="_blank">#Newspapers</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/reading/" target="_blank">#Reading</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/science/" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/students/" target="_blank">#Students</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/teaching/" target="_blank">#Teaching</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/technology/" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://drwebdomain.blog/tag/united-states/" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a></p>