Archive: May 2015 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Cheryl Lederle; (Year) 2015; (Month) May

One woman watches as another examines with a magnifying glass an ornate, decorative image on a printed page

The K-12 Web Archiving Program: Preserving the Web from a Youthful Point of View

May 21, 2015

If you believe the Web (and who doesn't believe everything they read on the Web?), it boastfully celebrated its 25th birthday last year. Twenty-five years is long enough for the first "children of the Web" to be fully-grown adults, just now coming of age to recognize that the Web that grew up around them has irrevocably changed.

Posted in: Contemporary United States (1945-present), Lesson Ideas, Teaching Tools

Analyzing Persuasive Techniques in Historical Media Messages: Child Labor

May 14, 2015

Posted by: Cheryl Lederle

Before 1938, child labor was a controversial topic, as arguments raged over the benefits and harms of children working in factories, on farms, and in the streets as news and delivery boys. Persuasive messages filled the media, asking the American people and legislators to protect children by requiring education and limiting working hours.

Posted in: Teaching Strategies

Refined by: (Author) Cheryl Lederle; (Year) 2015; (Month) May