Curated OER
Scary Stuff
Fourth graders interview community members for a newspaper, design a business brochure, write a disappearing ghost story, and try their hands at monoprinting. This series of three lessons combines art, journalism, and creative writing....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Students Write a Newspaper
In this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
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Ron Reason: Design With Reason
This site from Ron Reason is a very good site devoted to newspaper designs and articles pertaining to them. Offers tips on designs and interesting articles with photos.
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Crayon: Create Your Own Newspaper
This site offers helpful templates and formatting advice for students to create their own newspaper.
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: In the Newspaper
An interactive and printable crossword puzzle developed by the New York Times Learning Network. The theme of this puzzle is In the Newspaper. Other links are included.
TES Global
Blendspace: Newspaper
A six-part learning module with links to images, websites, a template, and a video about creating a newspaper.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Features of a Newspaper
[Free Registration/Login Required] A flipchart that examines the way in which newspapers and articles are constructed. The end of the flipchart focuses specifically on the battle of Glencoe, but the majority of the flipchart has much...
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School Journalism: Lesson Plans: An Introduction to Newspaper Design
This resource presents a lesson plan that is designed for a block schedule that takes students through the basics of newspaper design and redesign of their school paper.