My American Newspaper
 History from a student's perspective

The choices for newspaper articles will include two other features:
 - a journal of a young girl on the Oregon Trail, recounting pioneer struggles from a youngster's perspective:

Day	Description	Perspective	Preview	Score
Week 1	Arriving in Independence, Mo	Buy wagon, throw away what you can't carry	We arrive in Independence	397 words, 4.6 readability
Week 2	Second thoughts	Buy provisions, train oxen and find group to go with	Buying provisions and training oxen	413 words, 4.4 readability
Week 3	Starting off	Real life kicks in	We are off!	504 words, 4.3 readability
Week 4	The easy first two weeks	Finding food and fish, easy travel	Only 90 miles?	467 words, 4.5 readability

- a graphic timeline of how things have changed over time, in terms of the average family history:

Year	Description	Perspective	Link
1780 to 1954	Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (for new-borns only)	Perspective on abolition of slavery and civil rights	Slavery & Equality
1790 to Today	1st US census authorized	Perspective on the growth of the country	Our country grows
1983 to 1999	Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips & Sony introduced	History of Recorded Sound	What's that sound coming from?
1836 to 1938	History of Child Labor Laws	Then and Now perspective on laws regulating child labor	Our children work
1910 to 2007	Things get expensive	Price of ketchup in New Jersey over last 100 years	Ketchup gets expensive