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Vandalism leads to locked bathrooms

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils research bathroom vandalism in other schools like Freedom High after reading an article about Freedom High and their situation. Students then decide if their school has a similar problem and interview administrators and janitors...
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If Hornets Could Talk

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a school newspaper. In this journalism lesson plan students write articles for a school newspaper. They also create an informational website. the projects are both on-going.
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Newscast From An Ancient City

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders produce a newscast from an Ancient Roman city. For this journalism and history lesson, 7th graders work in groups to dramatize a historical event from the Roman Empire. students sequence the events, role-play, and create...
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Writing a Class/School Newspaper

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars use their interviewing skills to gather information for a school newspaper. They summarize their interview and create an article for the school newspaper. Students develop the article, edit it using the spell check and...
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Ethics and Hazelwood: What Journalists Should and Can Write

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the code of ethics in journalism. In this journalism ethics lesson, students use Hazelwood and Tinker to explore journalism ethics. Students compare ethics of journalists and pirates, read a related article, write their...
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Yellow Journalism in the Spanish-American War

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a newspaper based on events in the year 1898 using Yellow Journalism, the exaggeration of facts or events.
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The Weekly News, Part 2

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use articles they've previously written to produce a school news broadcast. For this journalism lesson, 6th graders discuss the goals of a news broadcast and use previously written articles to plan a news broadcast....
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The Daily News

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a news writing activity and improve their writing skills. In this news writing instructional activity, students write about an activity they experience each day of the week. Students use the articles to make a newspaper...
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Photo Editing and Photo Ethics

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
students investigate how to editphotos and understand the ethics of photo-editing in regard to photo-journalism. In this photo journalism lesson, students examine photos and photo spreads in various sources to identify editing components...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read a newspaper account of "Grady the Silo Cow" and complete news-writing activities. In this news-writing lesson plan, 7th graders read the newspaper account about the cow. Students examine newspapers and work in groups...
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Writing a News Report

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore journalism by analyzing current events. In this news report lesson, students identify important questions to ask during an interview and discuss a fictitious news story about a missing teacher. Students read published...
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Writing: The Reporter Game

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a game in which they create stories for an imaginary newspaper. In this journalism and writing lesson plan, students are encouraged to write more than one story.
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Getting A Story

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners encounter the do's and dont's to journalism writing. Students unearth the facts of a story by watching an animated clip. Learners grasp the deeper understanding of the facts of a story and how to write it correctly.
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Progressive Newspapers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a newspaper on local, state and national issues in the muckracking style of progessive era journalism. They research the style by reading articles from the time period on women's sufrage, child labor laws and political...
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Press Release

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders write and publish a press release. In this news writing lesson, 7th graders analyze press releases from various online sources. Students write a press release about a major event in their school.
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Extra, Extra Write All About It!

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine photographs from newspapers and write a headline and story for one of the examples. In this news writing lesson, students analyze a photograph as a class and discuss it. Students analyze photographs and example headlines...
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Solving Mysteries!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners solve a mystery. In this lesson on journalism, students learn how writing an article is like solving a mystery by answering the 5 "W" questions. Learners solve a mystery provided to them on an attached worksheet.
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Writing Headlines

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students define the purpose of headlines and practice writing their own. In this news writing lesson, students define the elements of headlines and view examples. Students read a news story in groups and create a headline for it....
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Journalistic Scenarios

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students role play as the editor of the student newspaper and make decisions about printing stories. In this newspaper editor instructional activity, students read the given journalism scenarios and determine if they, as editor, would...
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Two Sources of Story Ideas for Our Paper

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research and identify story ideas for the school newspaper. For this story ideas lesson, students pitch story ideas to their teacher on a weekly basis using a specific format. Students find the majority of their ideas from print...
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Where Do I Begin: Writing an Effective Feature Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write an effective feature story. In this journalism lesson plan, students learn through 6 activities to ask open-ended questions, write effective leads, and handle quotes, and write headlines for news stories.
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Let's Read the Newspaper

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners investigate the format of a typical newspaper.  In this journalism lesson, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news.  Learners work together as a newspaper group each...
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Personal Narratives

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students discover journalism by writing about themselves.  In this non-fiction writing lesson, students discuss the outline of a personal narrative and write a paper about an experience they've had.  Students reflect on the story they've...
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Media Awareness: Helping a Product Cross the Finish Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students develop critical thinking skills to understand and create advertisements.  In this journalism lesson, students analyze the elements necessary for effective advertisements and work in cooperative groups to create and present...

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