Library Resources to Explore
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Access World News (NewsBank) [Text Content; Limited Streaming Video]You can use Access World News to find electronic articles from local, regional, and national U.S. newspapers. Explore what your hometown or favorite city said after the election. Did different newspapers talk about the results in different ways?
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Nexis Uni - News Sources (Formerly LexisNexis Academic).You can also use LexisNexis to access electronic copies of articles from major newspapers and other sources. How do different publications talk about the election? What words do they use to describe the candidates and how they took winning or losing?
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You wouldn't believe the look on their faces
Top photo: At Donald J. Trump's election night event at the New York Hilton on Tuesday, supporters watched an announcment that he had won Ohio. Credit: Damon Winter/The New York Times.
Bottom photo: Upset supporters at Hillary Clinton's election night event at the Javits Center in New York, Nov. 8, 2016. Credit: Ruth Fremson/The New York Times.
Think those photos are interesting? Try this article on Quartz where they juxtapose Clinton and Trump supporters side by side.
Challenge
So looking at those pictures above, it might be easy to make judgments on who voted for each candidate. But remember, these pictures don't tell us the whole story. Spend a few minutes reflecting on those photos and these questions:
- What snap judgments or thoughts come to mind when you see these two pictures side by side?
- Based on what you know about the election and who voted, what faces are missing from the Trump and Clinton sides?
- What makes these images moving? Do they have a greater "wow" factor next to each other? Why or why not?