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Our Savage Planet in the News

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore extreme earth phenomenons. In this savage planet instructional activity, students explore and report on various types of severe weather and earth phenomenons using the Internet, a word processor, or other multimedia device.
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Leaders in a Media Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify ways in which the president can use various media to communicate his messages and intent. They demonstrate ways in which the news media can create public opinion.
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Words in the News Education Bill Backs India's Poor - 21 December 2005

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete word work in order to explain a news article. They complete worksheets and practice activities.
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Breaking News English: Sex Education Malaysian Style

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Sex Education Malaysian Style," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 6 true or false questions about the selection.
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Art to Zoo: India-Where Remarkable Differences Are Ordinary

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students "visit" India to learn about its culture and the lives of children in India. In this India lesson, students conduct research and report on the lives of Indian children in the form of a mock interview between a journalist and an...
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Your 1st Amendment Rights

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Why should classes care about the First Amendment? An engaging lesson serves as a powerful tool for answering just that. As all four cases in the lesson relate directly to freedom of expression in schools, young scholars explore the...
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Analyzing Stop and Frisk Through Personal Stories and Infographics

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How much can you learn about an important topic from a single image? High schoolers analyze an infographic that represents the number of stops performed during the Stop and Frisk police procedure. After building background information...
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Exploring the Global Security Matrix

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Using online and newspaper resources, small groups explore the issue of global security. They answer 13 different questions on three pages that have them consider multiple risks posed by a global security system. 
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Our School's News

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.
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Adopt a Geographic News Story

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore geography and the environment by reading the news. They discuss why it is important to follow the news. Students adopt a geographic news story, research the topic, and design posters to illustrate the story.
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students investigate fun physical activities that can be done year round.  In this physical education instructional activity, students read the story Big News! Straight From the Heart, and list the activities written about in the story....
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Massaging the Message: The Media Speaks

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars watch video of TV news clips centered on the House of Commons and then complete an information sheet.
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U Can Two Can Workout

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students spread out around the activity area, having enough space so they are not touching each other. They each hold two canned goods (10-16 oz). Students perform various exercises to the music. They do exercises such as: arm circles,...
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Newspaper in the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Newspapers aren't only for reading—they're for learning skills, too! A journalism unit provides three lessons each for primary, intermediate, and secondary grades. Lessons include objectives, materials, vocabulary, and procedure, and...
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I Speak for the Polar Bears!

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Climate change and weather extremes impact every species, but this lesson focuses on how these changes effect polar bears. After learning about the animal, scholars create maps of snow-ice coverage and examine the yearly variability and...
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Under the Influence

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students brainstorm on all the ways in which they are reminded of war in their daily lives and reflect on the increasing presence of war references in television entertainment by reading the article, "Beyond the News, Reminders of War."
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Breaking News English: Grandparents

For Students 5th - 10th
In this grandparents activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Scientists Study Dinosaur "Mummy"

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students share ideas about how scientists know about dinosaurs, then read a news article about the recently found remains of a hadrosaur. In this dinosaur lesson plan, the teacher introduces the article with a class discussion and...
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U.S. Penny to Get Four New Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners look at U.S. currency and read about plans to change the back of U.S. pennies. In this current events lesson, the teacher introduces a news article with a discussion of money and a vocabulary activity, then students read the...
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Bike-Sharing Catches On

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Learners discuss how people are reducing their fuel consumption, then read a news article about a new bike-sharing program in Washington, D.C. In this current events and alternative transportation lesson, the teacher introduces the...
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'No Cussing' Clubs Catching on with Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students read a news article about a boy in California who wants to encourage his peers to use good language. In this current events activity, the teacher introduces the article with a short rap, discussion, and vocabulary activity, then...
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Construction Starts on Freedom Tower

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students are introduced to an image of Freedom Tower, then read a news article about the construction of this building that will be completed in 2011. In this current events instructional activity, the teacher introduces the article with...
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Pressing Cases

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate famous criminal cases in which the media has played a significant role and reflect on how the news helps to shape attitudes and behaviors in their own lives.
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The Long and Short of It

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take a look back at the week's news by exploring the news summaries article offered in The New York Times' Week in Review section each week. They look further into ongoing news stories of interest to them in order to create...

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