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Classroom Newsletter Template

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Keep your classroom parents in the loop with a cute newsletter format. It includes fields for what kids have learned that week, as well as any news, upcoming events, student of the week, reminders, parent tips, book notes, spelling...
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Dick Blick Art Materials

Ball Point Engravings

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Turn simple pencil sketches into colorful engravings. After first creating hand-drawn pictures, young artists then trace over them will ball point pens, etching the images into cold press illustration boards, before rubbing crayons over...
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ReadWriteThink

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Help your 21st century learners develop their media smarts with this resource that has them examine the persuasive techniques advertisers use to influence specific demographics and then to use these techniques to craft their own ads.
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EngageNY

Writing Interview Questions

For Teachers 6th Standards
And now for the star witness! Scholars take a look at a model newspaper article and discuss the importance of eyewitness accounts. In groups of three, they take turns underlining text from eyewitnesses. They then regroup to talk about...
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John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

Red States/Blue States: Mapping the Presidential Election

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Young historians investigate how voting patterns have changed by comparing the outcome of the 1960 election to the outcome of the recent election. A creative final assessment has participants making a news show wherein they provide...
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National Constitution Center

Federalism, the Commerce Clause, and the Tenth Amendment

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How do the state and federal governments relate to each other? The Constitution has a lot to say about that! Using an interactive online tool, pupils explore the Tenth Amendment. They apply their knowledge to political cartoons and news...
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Curated OER

Careers in Television

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss and research how a news program is produced. They watch a web based video before working in small groups to produce a news program. They role play different jobs as they produce the program to share with at least one...
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Curated OER

Creating an Ethnic Student Newspaper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the role of the Black Press. In this African American history lesson, students watch segments of a video titled, " Too Long to Have Others Spoken for Us." High schoolers respond to discussion questions regarding...
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Curated OER

African Americans and the Military of World War II

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view a news reel of African Americans in World War II. In this World War II lesson plan, 5th graders discuss the newspaper clippings they get to view and hypothesize about why the African Americans use military news clips....
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Curated OER

What Weather When and Where?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn the difference between hard news and feature writing. They choose one of these news styles to write a compelling weather-related article based on interviews with local sources.
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Curated OER

Fun With Plants: Can You Find?

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this plants instructional activity, students find plants with specific plant parts and press and dry them to the sheet. Students find 14 different plant parts.
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Curated OER

The Basics of Photography

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify the importance of photography as an entry into the news, good photo taking skills, and the appreciation of photo aesthetics. In this photography lesson plan, students identify the 'Rosetta Stone' of photography skills...
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Curated OER

Formula for a Well-Written Newspaper Article

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a formula for a well-written news article. In this informative writing lesson plan, students share notes from a previous research lesson plan and identify why an outline is important. Students use an included worksheet to...
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Curated OER

Breaking Barriers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate racism in the 20th century by exploring U.S. History. In this Civil Rights lesson, students review the history of slavery, the Civil War and the fight for equality in the mid 1900's. Students complete Civil Rights...
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Curated OER

Creating a New Media in the Arab World

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students explore the pros and cons of government-sponsored media into a war-torn country and determine whether the news will be considered information or propaganda.
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Curated OER

Good News/Bad News/Who Cares?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice evaluating facts, bringing to bear their own experience, preferences, and international contexts. They recognize that there are many ways of interpreting a single piece of information and form the habit of reflecting...
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National First Ladies' Library

All the News That's Fit to Draw: Political Cartooning and the Presidency

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars research, analyze and study the history of political cartooning in the United States. They recognize a political cartoon, be able to identify the main idea, the symbols and the exaggeration and caricature in political...
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Curated OER

Words in the News Smoking Ban- 15 February 2006

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete vocabulary building exercises before reading an online article. They complete worksheets and an online quiz. They focus on relaltive clauses on the final worksheet. They write a letter about second hand smoke in a...
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Curated OER

Reporting Live From an Important Event in History

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students pretend they are reporting live from any important event in history. Students write what they would say about the day and its newsworthy events.
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Curated OER

Inquiring Minds: News and Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize philanthropy and collect samples from the newspaper or other literary sources. In this newspaper writing lesson, students observe acts of kindness and write about them in a newsletter.
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Curated OER

Financial News

For Students 7th - 12th
In this financial word problems instructional activity, students solve word problems involving decimals, interest, multiplication, and more. Students complete 7 problems.
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Argentina 3 Mexico 1

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL worksheet, students read or listen to an article about the Argentina and Mexico World Cup soccer game. Students complete all or some of the 100 activities available here including discussion, listening, vocabulary and...
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Vodafone Ends $60m Man Utd Shirt Deal

For Students 7th - Higher Ed
For this ESL worksheet, students read or listen to an article about the end of a shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United soccer team. Students complete all or some of the 100 activities available here including discussion,...
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Curated OER

Breaking News English: Libya No-Fly Zone

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners discuss a current event. In this interactive current events lesson, students evaluate an article on Libya not having a no-fly zone. They listen to the article and are given the opportunity to express their opinion in multiple...

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