Newspaper

My American Newspaper
History from a student's perspective

These are examples of stories available during the first week of March:

Year	Description	Perspective	Preview	Score
3/3/1842	1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts)	Narrative of a child whose family works in a textile mill	MA passes law	368 words, 2.9 readability
3/3/1868	Jesse Chisholm, who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK	A narrative from a teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail	Down the Chisholm trail	439 words, 7.1 readability
3/5/1770	Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom	A narrative from a young man participating in the protest against British troops in the mob at the time	I was at the Boston Massacre	343 words, 4.7 readability
3/11/1665	New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights	Narrative of child worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam	New rights at Church	429 words, 4.6 readability
3/29/1943	Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII	Child growing up in Los Angeles during rationing in World War II	Watching what we eat	442 words, 4.1 readability

As the month went on, the following articles would become available - each opening the eyes to how our parents and grandparents lived their lives:

Year	Description	Perspective	Score
3/3/1883	Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in US navy	A narrative from a teenager getting ready to work on a steel ship, whose dad worked on wooden ships	410 words, 5.1 readability
3/4/1826	1st US RR chartered, Granite Railway in Quincy MA	A narrative of a child whose father quarries granite for the first railroad	451 words, 4.8 readability
3/6/1930	Brooklyn's Clarence Birdseye develops a method for quick freezing food	Narrative of child who shops with her Mom	359 words, 4.4 readability
3/7/1857	Baseball decides 9 innings constitutes an official game, not 9 runs	Narrative from child whose father plays semi-pro baseball	404 words, 4.5 readability
3/15/1937	1st blood bank is established (Chicago IL)	Narrative of a child who receives a transfusion from the first blood bank	417 words, 4.6 readability
3/19/1918	Congress authorizes time zones & approves daylight saving time	Child in 1900 Detroit has to wake up early as city conforms to new time zone	379 words, 4.7 readability
3/22/1861	1st US nursing school chartered	Narrative of a child whose mother is going to first nursing school	335 words, 4.2 readability
3/23/1957	US army sells last homing pigeons	Narrative of a child whose dad took care of pigeons	348 words, 5.0 readability

Day	Year	Description	Perspective	Links	Score
3/3	1842	1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts)	Narrative of a child whose family works in a textile mill	Massachusetts passes first child labor law	368 words, 2.9 readability
3/4	1868	Jesse Chisholm, who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK	A narrative from a teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail	Traveling down the Chisholm Trail	439 words, 7.1 readability
3/5	1770	Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom	A narrative from a young man participating in the protest against British troops in the mob at the time	I was at the Boston Massacre	343 words, 4.7 readability
3/11	1665	New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights	Narrative of child worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam	Protestants given religious freedom	429 words, 4.6 readability
3/16	1827	1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York NY), begins publishing	Narrative of a child proud to deliver this newspaper	The first Black American Newspaper!	406 words, 4.4 readability
3/20	1861	Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles	Narrative of a child who plays with Lincoln kids, describing scourge that measles was	Lincoln's children get the measles	371 words, 4.3 readability
3/29	1943	Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII	Child growing up in Los Angeles during rationing in World War II	Food is rationed during World War II	442 words, 4.1 readability

Day	Year	Description	Perspective	Links	Score
3/3	1842	1st US child labor law regulating working hours passed (Massachusetts)	Narrative of a child whose family works in a textile mill	Massachusetts passes first child labor law	368 words, 2.9 readability
3/4	1868	Jesse Chisholm, who blazed one of the West's most famous trails, dies in OK	A narrative from a teenager who drove cattle the first time down the Chisholm Trail	Traveling down the Chisholm Trail	439 words, 7.1 readability
3/5	1770	Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd; Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom	A narrative from a young man participating in the protest against British troops in the mob at the time	I was at the Boston Massacre	343 words, 4.7 readability
3/11	1665	New York approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights	Narrative of child worried about the Church of England taking over New Amsterdam	Protestants given religious freedom	429 words, 4.6 readability
3/16	1827	1st US black newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" (New York NY), begins publishing	Narrative of a child proud to deliver this newspaper	The first Black American Newspaper!	406 words, 4.4 readability
3/20	1861	Willie and Tad Lincoln get the measles	Narrative of a child who plays with Lincoln kids, describing scourge that measles was	Lincoln's children get the measles	371 words, 4.3 readability
3/29	1943	Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WWII	Child growing up in Los Angeles during rationing in World War II	Food is rationed during World War II	442 words, 4.1 readability