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Education Development Center

Education Development Center: Tv411: Parts of a Newspaper

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Students click through a lesson about the parts of a newspaper and answer questions about the types of articles found in each section, headlines, and captions that would go with photographs. Links to related videos are also provided.
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National Scholastic Press Association

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
If you are involved in any way with a school newspaper, yearbook or other school publication, you should be familiar with the national Scholastic Press Association. Teachers or students with an interest in design, article ideas, or legal...
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Kid Space: Magazing & Newspaper Articles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here are descriptions of popular magazines appropriate for young readers from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Follow linked titles to the magazines' homepages.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Newspapers: Facts and Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In order to sharpen a student's understanding of the differences between facts and opinions, this lesson incorporates both the close reading of a newspaper and the writing of a factual article and a letter to the editor.
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New York State Library: Student Activity: Primary Versus Secondary Sources

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Read about the Railroad Strike of 1877 using three excerpts from textbooks and three original newspaper articles. Compare and contrast the information in the primary and secondary sources.
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PBS

Pbs Liberty!: Independence! Philadelphia 1776

For Students 6th - 8th
The newspaper layout makes it simple to read the accounts of the reaction to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The article includes valuable links including an introduction to Thomas Paine and his role in this event.
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University of Houston

University of Houston: Extra! Extra! What's the Big Idea?!

For Students 3rd - 6th Standards
Get the feel of running a newspaper by selecting articles and pictures. If you are interested in checking out real newspapers, there is a clickable list of online newspapers for younger readers.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: Extra! Extra!

For Teachers 4th - 7th Standards
In this instructional activity students will learn about newspapers including the parts of a newspaper, purpose, and structure of articles. They will gather, record and present information from a variety of sources, using different...
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Curated OER

Contents of Lincoln's Pockets

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site describes the articles in Abraham Lincoln's pockets the evening he was assassinated. Includes a photograph of the items. Also included are newspaper clippings about the assassination and the playbill from Ford's Theater. From...

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