Using Newspaper Articles
Using Newspaper Articles
The research process can be full of surprises. To maximize students’ chances to collect a wide variety of personal background information, local newspapers from the service member’s hometown can provide a wealth of information from the war period.
Teacher tip: There is a Teacher’s Guide included to help teachers guide students through the analysis process.
Teaching Toolkit
Provide students with a copy of the article from the Pottstown Mercury on October 7, 1948.
Read the article aloud as a class and ask students to identify one additional piece of information they now know about Charles B. Leinbach.
Use the Library of Congress’ Primary Source Analysis Tool worksheet. As a class complete the observation column with information students can glean from the newspaper article.
Ask students to analyze the newspaper article independently, looking at the remaining two columns—reflect and question.
Lead a discussion on the students’ findings and have them develop questions for further investigation into Charles B. Leinbach’s life.