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Combing Through the News

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars use the Sean 'Puffy' Combs trial to compare how and why various media cover a news story differently.
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A Valid Conclusion? Testing and Reporting on Hypotheses Using the Scientific Method

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore importance of accuracy in reporting, focusing particularly on articles documenting scientific discoveries, and practice scientific method by conducting experiments to test and report on scientific hypotheses.
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Finding Political Answers

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners discuss the 2006 midterm elections. They read an article about exit polls. They create a scavenger hunt using articles of the New York Times. They write a paper about the importance of midterm elections.
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The Art of Speech

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss President Bush's goals for his second term in office. After reading an article, they identify the major themes of his second inaugural address. In groups, they brainstorm ideas and create murals to illustrate them...
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Don't Touch That Dial!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the affects, both positive and negative, that television has had on society in the past half-century. They read the article "Inside the Soap Opera of Television's Early Days."
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Age-Old Concerns

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine issues surrounding healthcare and specifically prescription drug coverage and the problems of state subsidy programs after reading and discussing the article, "States' Drug Subsidy Programs Have Troubles of Their Own"...
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Home Sick

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss where everyday aliments could be treated. After reading an article, they discuss the life of a traveling nurse and how it differs from a hospital nurse. Using the internet, they research the requirements for taking...
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Slanted Sentences

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine biased words in news articles, suggest synonyms, then rewrite the sentences to demonstrate how word choice can alter meaning.
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A Fresh Start?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the roles and responsibilities the Department of Defense holds. They read an article about the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld. They develop questions to submit to the White House about the recent changes.
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Able Am I

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read the article "Disabled Skier Designs His Way to Be a Daredevil." They discuss using the questions on the lesson plan. Students create large sized baseball cards featuring competitive, disabled athletes.
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A Gesture Is Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share observations on the nuances of meaning in face to face and online interactions with others. After reading an article, they identify the causes and effects of internet flaming. They create their own comic strips...
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The Height of Diplomacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore issues that might be discussed at the G8 summit meeting hosted by the U.S. after reading and discussing the article "World Leaders Get a Glimpse of America's High Life" from The New York Times. Students work in...
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iRock

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, listen to and analyze songs that helped define rock and roll music. They read and discuss the article, "They're All Oldies, Dad Included." Research on contemporary artists is conducted and then the students choose who...
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Stories That Go with the Territory

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate various expeditions throughout history to new and/or uncharted territories. They work in groups to develop and 'produce' television news magazine segments about some of these historic expeditions.
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Hurricane Katrina: You Be the Reporter

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars work in a small group to create news stories, feature stories and editorials/letters to the editor and organize them in a podcast, video-based program, or newspaper/magazine focused on Hurricane Katrina.
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The Maccabees and Their Place in Jewish History

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students assume the role of a journalist employed by time Warner to examine data about the long-lost cave contining the tombs of Maccabees. A two page spread is created for the weekend edition of the magazine.
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Low Birthweight Infants

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine why there is a low birth-weight in infants.  In this Social Studies lesson plan, 9th graders read articles on the low birth weight.  Students debate the different strategies to help combat low birth weight. 
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A Thousand Words

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students demonstrate compassion for others. In this character education lesson, students view photos from magazines and interpret what they see. Students discuss the feelings they get when viewing the photos.
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Exchange Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss as a class the items they value and why. They read an article about the popularity of cellphones in Iraq. In groups, they work together to create a guide to their culture to share with others visiting their classroom....
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Oceans and Coasts

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore the topic of marine pollution. They define key vocabulary words, list examples of marine pollution, complete a true/false handout, read an article, and participate in a class discussion.
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I Think, Therefore I See

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students participate in a memory experiment to discover how the eye works. After reading an article, they analyze a new technique which examines how the brain registers sight. They develop their own memory game and conduct trials using...
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Some Simple Rules to Sum it Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate three steps to summarize text. They read and discuss the three steps to summarizing, then silently read an article about dugongs from "National Geographic Kids" magazine. Students demonstrate the three...
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Badges of Pride

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate jobs and how people identify with their job.  In this labor lesson, 5th graders create a book from illustrations of various jobs. Students read an article about labor and answer questions about the article....
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The Reel World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the ways in which the New York Times column 'Taking the Kids' analyzes whether or not current movies are appropriate for different ages of Students. They explore past articles from the column and create movie posters.

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