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  Introducing Students to Newspapers- Six introductory activities.
Your students will get much more out of newspaper lessons in the classroom and newspaper reading in general when you take time to teach ABOUT the newspaper BEFORE you begin teaching WITH the newspaper.




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Operation Target Date
Gather newspapers published on a specific date and use them in a comparison study. Select a random date or choose a date because of its expected news, such as the day after elections or the Super Bowl. Have students write letters to newspapers to request copies or visit newspapers Web sites.

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Compare Today’s Front Pages
The Newseum displays daily newspaper front pages from 592 newspapers from the U.S. and 56 other countries.

Links to Online Newspapers around the world

Cartoons for the Classroom

Print a Cartoon Evaluation Worksheet for students

Toon Talk
Read what Clay Jones, The Free Lance-Star's Political Cartoonist, has to say about his-and other's-editorial cartoons.

Explore Constitutional issues through Political Cartoons!

Bill of Rights in the Daily Headlines
Read breaking news related to the Bill of Rights, gathered daily from major news sources across the country and chosen for ease of use in the classroom.

Lesson Plans for Teaching the First Amemdment:
These lessons address constitutional principles and contemporary issues involving the First Amendment. They will draw young people into an exploration of how their freedoms began and how they operate in today's world.

Factcheck.org
Factcheck.org is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. It's companion Web site Fact CheckED www.factchecked.org serves teachers and students.

FREE NIE Curriculum Guides:

Connect to the World:
Improving Comprehension:

Ready-to-use lessons help students develop comprehension skills by making connections between the known and the unknown.
Newspapers Now: Developing Comprehension & Research Skills:
Encourage students to explore the full range of information in the newspaper, while making connections that improve comprehension. Lessons focus on community, government, international news, editorial and news analysis, advertising, sports and leisure.

Citizens Together: You and Your Newspaper:Explore freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights, with emphasis on rights to know, to express one’s opinion, to assemble, to be secure and to the legal system.

Your Newspaper, Your Town Hall:Provides lessons related to the newspaper’s coverage of town/city government and the local community.

Freedom: It Looks Good On You: First amendment teaching and curriculum guide

Speaking of a Free Press: 200 years of notable quotations about press freedoms

Activities help students develop and extend their ability to comprehend informational text structures and organization. Includes special section of activity pages for elementary grades.

Thoughtful Literacy: Easy-to-use lessons actively engage and empower students with effective classroom practices of managed choice, multi-source curriculum, multi-task learning and meaningful classroom discussion.

A great resource for introducing students to newspapers. Topics include news gathering, newspaper sections, types of writing, advertising, production, history, careers and terms.
 

Printable NIE Lessons and Activity Sheets:

Newspaper Circles:
Print one per each group of 5 students. Includes roles for summarizer, vocabulary person, quoter, connector and illustrator.
Learn and Serve:
Supplemental newspaper-based activities to use with Service–Learning Programs.

 

Constitution Scavenger Hunt