In-paper features

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Elementary and Middle

Kid Scoop & Weekly Writing Corner
Every Monday
Kids love the timely topics and fun games, and you’ll appreciate the correlation with curriculum objectives. Weekly Writing Corner invites students to write for publication. Receive a monthly Teacher Scoop newsletter.

Kid Scoop & Weekly Writing Corner

Brain Freeze by Bob Rouse
Mondays, March 31–June 2, 2008
Come along on a scavenger hunt across America. Along the way, learn about U.S. geography, history and diversity. Solve weekly clues to identify the next location. Teacher’s guide links story events to the First Amendment. FREE with full-year order. Package: 10 deliveries for $27

Read the first two chapters
Sample Page: Online Activities Guide
First Amendment Rights teacher’s guide

Bullying: A 10-part, choose-your-own-ending “graphic novella”
Mondays, Sept 10 – Nov 12, 2007
Told in comic-book format, this story about Ben and his friends focuses on bullying in a school setting. Readers are asked to decide the resolution to Ben’s dilemma. We’ll share student-written endings on the NIE Web site. FREE with full-year order. Package: 10 deliveries for $27

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Middle and High

We the People: Project Citizen
Tuesdays, September 11 - October 9, 2007
Promote responsible participation in local and state government. This five-part series takes students through the steps of identifying a problem in their community to persuading others to take action. Ideal for civics, government and service learning classes. FREE with full-year order. Package: 5 deliveries for $13.50

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Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
Tuesdays, September 11 - December 18, 2007
A courageous boy from Pakistan knew that his life was worth more than a rug, that chaining children to looms for hours was wrong, and there was a way to stop the abuse. This powerful story based on true events shines a light on the vital issue of human rights and the difference one person can make. Includes teacher’s guide. FREE with full-year order. Package: 15 deliveries for $40.50

Read the first chapter
View the teacher’s guide

Voices of America: Oral Histories from the WPA Federal Writer’s Project
Tuesdays, January 8 – March 18, 2008
Oral histories provide authentic, primary-source accounts that transform history from dates and names into compelling stories. Includes accounts of the underground railroad, immigration, industrialization, the Great Depression, WWI and more. Includes teacher’s guide. FREE with full-year order. Package: 11 deliveries for $29.70

Topics covered:
• a one-room school
• working in a shoe-making factory
• immigrating from Poland to Chicago via Cuba
• an African American soldier’s experiences in WWI (told in two installments)
• an immigrant from Russia experiences the Chicago fire and spends his life peddling goods from farm to farm (told in three installments)
• a woman tells how her father and grandfather escaped from slavery via the Underground Railroad
• Texas cowboys and a rodeo
• the day in 1871 when the railroad came to Benton, Arkansas

Read School Days Oral History
View the teacher’s guide