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Website
Other

All You Can Read: Ecuador News

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides links to online newspapers for Ecuador, South America.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Should Chavez Lose His Job?

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from BBC News provides a debate between two commentators on politics in Venezuela whether the current president Hugo Chavez should be recalled. The recall election is scheduled for August 15, 2004. The article is dated Feb. 13,...
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Lesson Plan
Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: News Is Knowledge! [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The project provides teachers with ideas to create literacy centers for use in their own classrooms using student-friendly newspapers from various curricular areas. We will provide plans that can be used to adapt the materials each week....
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Lesson Plan
Other

Cwec: Water in the News (Lesson) [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Water issues frequently appear in local newspapers and this instructional activity explains ways this resource can be used in the classroom.
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Lesson Plan
Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
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Website
Other

The Seattle Times

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The Times is the daily newspaper for the city of Seattle Washington. The Times features sections on local and national news, weather, business, sports, and entertainment.
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Website
Other

Journalist Express: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Journalist Express lists more links than you could visit in a lifetime. This is another site to save for future reference.
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Website
Other

El Universal Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th
El Universal is a major daily newspaper published in Caracas, Venezuela. Features the news of the day from a Venezuelan perspective.
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Article
Other

Watching America: What the World Thinks About America

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of articles from foreign newspapers about America and American policies, translated into English from their languages of origin. These articles give readers a view of America from abroad. Site includes both English...
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Website
Other

La Prensa San Diego

For Students 9th - 10th
La Prensa San Diego is a weekly, bilingual (English/Spanish) newspaper based out of San Diego, California. Coverage of news is from a Hispanic/Chicano perspective.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow lesson focuses on research sources by listing 10 types of sources: books, periodicals/magazines, newspaper articles, scholarly articles, databases, reviews, interviews, lectures, media (film, television), and websites. It...
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Website
Other

State Library of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
The library provides a wealth of resources online: e.g., access to local libraries and their card catalogs, the "North Carolina Encyclopedia," genealogical research, and newspapers.
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Website
Other

The Bismarck Tribune: Homepage

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the online homepage for the Bismarck Tribune, the local newspaper for Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Learning to Read" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

For Students 5th - 6th
A learning module that begins with the poem "Learning to Read" by Francis Ellen Watkins Harper, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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Newspapers in Education

Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists developed this worksheet as a classroom handout to aid lessons in dissecting the visual and verbal messages of political cartoons.
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Article
Other

Bob Stepno: The Evening Graphic's Tabloid Reality

For Students 9th - 10th
During the 1920s, newspapers and tabloids began printing graphic stories about murders, true love and true detective cases. This article by journalism student, Bob Stepno, investigates the truth behind the stories found in the "Evening...
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that examines the way in which newspapers and articles are constructed. The end of the flipchart focuses specifically on the battle of Glencoe, but the majority of the flipchart has much...
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: The Backers of Chavez

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an article which describes the major supporters of Hugo Chavez. They include both military leaders and street activists. (19 February 2004)
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: The Opposition to Hugo Chavez

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a description of the five major political opponents to Hugo Chavez. They are known as the "Group of Five," or G-5. The have organized the political recall election which is in August 2004. The article is dated March 18, 2004.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc: Venezuela and the Referendum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a short article which discusses how Venezuela is dealing with the recall election of Hugo Chavez. The article notes that the country has become very polarized over the election. The article is dated July 4, 2004.
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Article
Other

Venezuela Analysis: Violence Needed Against Chavez

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines the opposition to Hugo Chavez as personified by ex-president of Venezuela, Carlos Andres Perez. (28 July 2004)
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: The Titanic: Shifting Responses to Its Sinking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In 1912, popular media headlined the sinking of the world's largest luxury passenger ocean liner while on its maiden voyage. Newspapers captivated the world's attention with stories from survivors and about victims who did not survive....
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Primary
Other

Venezuela Analysis: Referendum and Revolution in Venezuela

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an analysis from Venezuela Analysis on the current political and economic situation in Venezuela. The article is dated July 6, 2004.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Saddam Hussein in Court

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of excerpts taken from various Iraqi newspapers on their reaction to Saddam Hussein and his first appearance in an Iraqi court on July 1, 2004.