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Welcome to Discovery Education. Wire Side Chat: Historical Fishwrap uses newspaper reproductions to teach history. Few people think of todays newspapers as tomorrows history books. But two history teachers have compiled reproductions of newspapers front pages to help students get a snapshot of events as they were reported. Included: Ways to use the newspaper reproductions in class. Two high-school history teachers -- one retired one still teaching -- have developed lessons using reproductions of old newspapers through a program called Historical Fishwrap (fish wrap is an old expression for a used newspaper). Students can learn about World War II rationing, the Great Depression, and other historical events the same way their grandparents did --maybe even by reading the same newspapers.

Kenneth Molzahn, a retired teacher and one of the founders of Historical Fishwrap, said he is finding that even in this digital age, students still enjoy the authenticity of a period newspaper. Education World: How did you come up with the name Historical Fishwrap? EW: How did you develop this idea? Article by Ellen R.

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