Lesson 9 -- History and Genealogy Resources—Ancestry Library, Heritage Quest and Sanborn Maps #2 and #3.

2. A student is working on a report about the dirigible, the Hindenburg, and comes to you for help. You try AncestryLibrary's Newspapers & Publications collection. What are your results?

I went to, "Newspapers and Publications" and typed in "dirigible" and "Hindenburg" and got 245 results. I liked how you could zoom in and out of the newspaper articles. It brought me back to high school when we had to do research and look it up on microfiche. This is much easier to find!


3. Your county is celebrating a big anniversary, and townsfolk want some historical information. In HeritageQuest, which collection do you search? What are your results?

I searched the county I live in, which is Lincoln County. I first searched, "Lincoln County, South Dakota, USA" under, "Stories, Memories, & Histories". That got me about 9,000,000 results, so I narrowed it down to "Exact Match". That brought it to 18 matches. This is probably where I would start. 

Common Core Connections
In Lesson 9, spend some time exploring AncestryLibrary, HeritageQuest, and Sanborn Maps. Consider how you would use each resource to meet a Common Core standard. 

Since AncestryLibrary, HeritageQuest, and Sanborn Maps all have to do with History, I went to the Literacy in History/Social Studies Common Core State Standards, and the first one I looked at was: 

6-8.RH.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

6.RI.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of  what the text says explicitly as well as inferences  drawn from the text.  7. RI.1 Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.  8.RI.1 Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports  an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as  inferences drawn from the text.

You could do so much with AncestryLibrary and Heritage Quest to cover History Standards. Just reading an old article on a historical event and then analyzing and making inferences would be a great lesson! You could also do a lot more with other standards!