2. When Does History Happen? Confluence of Historic Events 1908 Democratic National Convention 2008 Democratic National Convention Goals of When History Happens: Study the present Learn from a comparable past Chronicle the event for the future

3. WHH Consortium BCR (Bibliographical Center for Research) Council on 21 st Century Learning: Colorado State Library Denver Newspaper Agency: Educational Services Department Teaching with Primary Sources – Colorado

4. Learning From the Past Revisit events of the past Perspective in the present Resources: Library of Congress – American Memory Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection Professional Development Using Primary Sources in the Classroom Workshops throughout the State

5. Learning From the Present Involved with Current Events Electronic newspaper Rocky Mountain News/Denver Post Coverage Inside Convention Students and Teachers – Blogging/Emails/Text Messages to Participants Special Convention Coverage YourHub.com NextGen Special Print Additions

6. How to Participate WHH – Teaching with Primary Sources Workshops Throughout June and July Onsite and Online WHH Summer Conference July 30 th – August 1 st Day 1 – Preconference – Technology Training Day 2 and 3 – Develop Learning Activities WhenHistoryHappens.org Primary Sources Convention-related instructional materials

7. Participation Options WHH-Witness – Essential questions and information via email or text – Resources from WhenHistoryHappens.org

8. Participation Options WHH- Explorer Witness Level + – Training and resources to design learning experiences – Participate in online discussions (blogs, wikis …) YourHub NextGen WhenHistoryHappens.org

9. Participation Options WHH- Builder Explorer Level + – Create Wikis, Blogs… – WHH Second Life

10. Inquiring Minds Want to Know… Who can Participate? All Colorado Educators Options will be available for those outside of Colorado

11. Inquiring Minds Want to Know… Training Available? Free TPS-Colorado Workshops WhenHistoryHappens.org: Information Schedules How to Register I’ve taken the TPS-Co Workshops – Now What? Ready to Go! When History Happens Conference July 30 – Aug. 1st

12. When History Happens Conference July 30 th (Day 1) Preconference Workshops Blogging Wikis Mobile Devices Post-News E-Newspapers Nextgen/YourHub Many More July 31 st and Aug. 1 st Developing Convention Related Learning Materials

13. Presented by: Dr. Laura McCall Professor of History and Honors Faculty Department of History mccalll@mscd.edu

14. Rocky Mountain News – August 1, 1908

15. Rocky Mountain News – August 2,1908

16. Miss America 1921 Margaret Gorman

17. Woman Delegates - Denver Post – July 7 th, 1908

18. The Denver Post & Rocky Mountain News Electronic Replica Editions

19. Identical to the Print

20. It’s easy to find the stories and ads you want. Click on the corner to turn the pages one by one

21. Or use the Table of Contents to choose an article Choose a section of the newspaper and a list of articles is displayed. Choose an article and a brief summary appears.

22. You can also search for a specific topic. You can search either articles or ads – today’s issue only or the past 30 days.

23. Access a full month of the newspaper. Pick the day that you would like to read.

24. Print or E-mail Articles Click on any article or photo to enlarge it. E-mail and print options are in the Article menu. Article prints with newspaper name, date, section and page number.

25. www.YourHub.com/NextGen Youth Reporters will be posting their stories, blogs, photos here Your students, ages 8 - 14 may also participate with parental permission.

26. More Information and Resources at: http://www.whenhistoryhappens.org