Goals:

– To familiarize students with the proper handling of newspaper sources.
– To provide it with tools and repositories that allow it access to the historical press in a broad sense.
– To bring him closer to different newspaper sources from different geographical and historical contexts.
– To introduce students to the history of the press.
– To instill in students an appreciation for newspaper heritage and, more specifically, for the newspaper heritage of the Canary Islands.

This activity targets two different audiences. On the one hand, it serves a more specialized audience in history, journalism, or other social sciences seeking to expand (or begin) their knowledge of historical press resources (newspaper archives, repositories, etc.). On the other hand, it serves a more general audience interested in their past in a broad sense, ranging from the processes they have lived through and experienced to the use of tools for local history.