Newspapers October 2009 Central Illinois Teaching with Primary Sources Newsletter EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE CONTACTS We got the scoop: newspapers • Melissa Carr
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[email protected] INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Topic Introduction 2 Connecting to Illinois 3 Learn More with 4 American Memory In the Classroom 6 Test Your Knowledge 7 Images Sources 9 www.eiu.edu/~eiutps/newsletter Page 2 Newspapers We got the scoop: Newspapers Welcome to the 24th issue of the Central Illinois of the Revolutionary War there were 37 independent Teaching with Primary Sources Newsletter a American newspapers. collaborative project of Teaching with Primary Sources In an attempt to deal with Great Britain's enormous Programs at Eastern Illinois University and Southern national debt, England passed the Stamp Act in 1765, Illinois University Edwardsville. Our goal is to bring you which taxed all paper documents. This tax included the topics that connect to the Illinois Learning Standards as American colonies since they were under British control. well as provide you with amazing items from the Library This was met with great resistance in the colonies. of Congress. The Industrial Revolution changed the newspaper Newspapers are mentioned specifically within ISBE industry. With the introduction of printing presses, materials for the following Illinois Learning Standards newspapers were able to print at a much faster pace and (found within goal, standard, benchmark or performance higher quantity. This meant that more pages could be descriptors) 1.A-Apply word analysis and vocabulary skills added to the newspapers so local news could be to comprehend selections.