+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words In The News: Luxury Cars in China

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read and write about current events. They observe pictures of cars and order them from least expensive to most expensive. After discussing luxury cars, students read articles about luxury cars in China. From their reading,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Community of Interests

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate various aspects of community through local and national news. They explore the different sections of a newspaper and how each relates to a different aspect of a community.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Newspapers or Television: What's Better?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compare newspapers to television news and decide which they prefer.  In this newspaper and television lesson, students read an article and watch a video of the same event.  Students discuss the differences, forming an...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Is the media aiding Global Peace when reporting on religion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis instructional activity, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Students ...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identifying Important and Unimportant Jobs - An Ornithologist's Job

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students watch a video segment narrated by an ornithologist and act as reporters to write a news article about the job of an ornithologist. In this ornithologist lesson plan, students watch a video about the job of an...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Food - What's in It for You?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine healthy eating and nutrition. They read and discuss articles, and create a list of ten healthy eating tips in the form of a poster, newspaper article, or presentation.
+
Lesson Plan
National First Ladies' Library

Building a Federal Town: Washington, DC

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create a timeline of the history of Washington, D.C. from 1787 to 1879. Using the internet, they read specified articles about the design of the capital and city of Washington DC. Middle schoolers write a newspaper article...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What was life like for the Civil War Soldier?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students view various primary sources and complete a worksheet about the sources. They choose at least three sources: a print, a letter and a newspaper article and record relevant information. They write a journal response about life as...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

California Here We Come!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, in groups, explore the impac the Gold Rush immigration had on the culture of California. They write a newspaper article from the 1850s identifying immigrant groups to California during the Gold Rush era.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Good Timing

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars investigate time, how people measure it, and how it influences our lives. They complete an online Webquest, analyze various calendars, answer discussion questions, and identify references to time in a newspaper article.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Greetings from Maya Angelou

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the life and works of Maya Angelou. They complete a Webquest, read poems, listen to a reading by Maya Angelou, answer discussion questions, and write a poem, short story, or essay based on a newspaper article.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Me Oh Maya

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare basketball to Mayan ring-ball. They write a newspaper article that may have been published during Mayan times.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Master Race

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view a short film on the rise of Nazism and its main principles. They read first hand accounts of Kristallnacht and identify turning points in Hilter's foreign policy. They write a newspaper article describing what happened...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Samuel's Choice - Social Studies Using Children's Literature

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a book about independence, freedom, and slavery. Students create a story map of the book. They research the causes of the Civil War. Students write a newspaper article from the point of view of an American colonist.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Designing Scavengers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a headline that captures the most important aspects of the People's Design Award. For this design lesson, students are introduced to The People's Design Award and collaborate to create a headline for a newspaper article....
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Discovering and Converting the Battle of Homestead

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study and explore the Homestead strike and locate where the events took place.  In this investigative lesson students use several perspectives to write an objective newspaper article on the event. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Writing Process

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities with the book Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford. In this literature lesson plan, 4th graders read through chapter 4 of the book and respond to the policeman's phone calls. They choose...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Why Could the Hindenburg Float?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders experiment with floating and sinking objects and heavy and light liquids, using correct terms, like density, to explain what happens.  In this Hindenburg instructional activity, 10th graders watch a demonstration...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Choosing the Right Strategy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders record words in their word journal that were difficult to decode from a magazine or newspaper article. In this words lesson plan, 4th graders also write down what strategy they used to decode it.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Adverbs

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students encounter the various functions of using different types of adverbs. Students use various adverbs to describe how, where and when events happen. Students show examples of adverbs in various newspaper articles.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bias

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply techniques of distinguishing between fact and opinion. Students identify words associated with persuasion and argument. Students read and categorizer a variety of newspapers and articles. Students identfy bias in a...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Climate Change

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars discuss global warming. For this global warming lesson, students read an article about global warming and list five things they learned. Young scholars work in small groups to compare what they wrote. Students illustrate...
+
Lesson Plan
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.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hurricane Season Blows In

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners are asked whether they agree or disagree with statements about hurricanes. They then read the words that appear in the News Word box on the Students printable page and one one of the words to complete each sentence. They read...

Other popular searches