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Saudi Arabia

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students investigate the country of Saudi Arabia. They complete a Webquest, watch video clips, answer discussion questions, explore the Lonely Planet website, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about Saudi Arabia and foreign oil...
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Dolphins

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate dolphins. They complete a Webquest, explore various websites, listen to audio clips of dolphin sounds, play an online puzzle game, answer discussion questions, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about...
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Communist Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917. They watch and discuss a video, take notes and answer video discussion questions, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about how Lenin and Stalin are viewed today in the...
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Segregation in Prince Edward County

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the history of integration as it applied to Virginia high school in Prince Edward County. They evaluate a map of Virginia counties, read and analyze a first person narrative of a young girl involved in a boycott...
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Is the media aiding Global Peace when reporting on religion?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars play 'telephone' to simulate communication difficulties. In this media analysis lesson, students read and analyze newspaper articles related to religious tensions between the Pope and Muslims. Young scholars  evaluate the...
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Details

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write journals, newspapers, and letters with details to enhance their main points. In this details lesson plan, 3rd graders retell an incident with details, create newspaper articles with details, and write letters with...
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Newspaper Poems

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders appreciate the value of words, review the parts of speech, create original poetry, shape the poem, and write an explanation of the images he/she has created.
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American Civil War: Conflicting Newspaper Reports

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the happenings at the Battle of Antietam from all sides. In this American Civil War lesson, students analyze newspapers accounts from different perspectives regarding the battle and then write their own accounts of the...
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Does Hawaiian Agriculture Feed Hawaii's People?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners research background information about Hawaiian agriculture in a variety of resources, then read and collect newspaper ads marketing local produce. They suggest food preparation ideas using local produce.
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Journal Writing in American Studies

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students write their thoughts about political cartoons, photographs, and articles in their journal and then discuss them in class.
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Media Literacy Skills

For Teachers 3rd
You're on camera! Third graders find a news story and research it to get more information. Everyone uses their found information to write a script and create their own news broadcast!
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Newspaper Time

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a newspaper article as a part of their exam review for the Revolutionary War. Using information gathered over the course of the unit, 8th graders create their own newspaper reflecting the facts and ideas of the...
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Causes of the Revolution Newspaper

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the events that led to the Revolutionary War. Using the internet, they discover the advantages and disadvantages of each side. They use the information to produce a special edition newspaper on the war. They must include...
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Mythology Newspaper....The Trojan Times

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are assigned to a writing group: news stories, obituaries and births, classifieds, comics, gossip, sports and editorials. The newspaper covers mythological figures in history. This is a very clever, meaningful lesson in mythology!
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Environmental Scrapbook and Podcast

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers collect newspaper and magazine articles about the environment and construct a scrapbook using construction paper, glue, and scissors. To make it even more environmentally friendly, groups can create an online scrapbook...
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Our Class News

For Students 4th - 5th
In this class newspaper worksheet, students participate in creating a newspaper with 3 articles and 1 picture involving activities happening in their class at a specific time period.
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Extra! Extra! United States Enters World War II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the origins of World War II while conducting research using a variety of resources. The information is used to create a newspaper with formatted articles about the involvement of the United States in the war.
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The Daily News

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete a news writing activity and improve their writing skills. In this news writing instructional activity, students write about an activity they experience each day of the week. Students use the articles to make a newspaper...
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Read All About It! Looking at Newspapers.

For Students 5th - 7th
In this newspaper worksheet, students read about emotive language, then choose headlines that are most likely to excite a reader, re-write headlines, replacing words with more emotive words, and read a short article and answer 3 related...
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Students in Article Writing Shocker!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine newspapers to identify the most interesting stories. They discuss the purpose of a headline and complete a worksheet. They write a paper on the differences of writing for different types of publications.
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Climate Change

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners discuss global warming. In this global warming lesson, students read an article about global warming and list five things they learned. Learners work in small groups to compare what they wrote. Students illustrate one of the...
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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use library or online resources to create time lines on the life of Johannes Gutenberg and tell the impact his invention, the printing press, had on the development of newspapers.
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In the News

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders will use AlphaSmarts/Neos to create a one page newspaper in Word which features an early explorer. This lesson can be done entirely in the classroom. The students will perform research about the explorer prior to the...
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Argumentative/Persuasive Writing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Intended for an intermediate/advance ELD course, this resource can support anyone learning the techniques and discernment needed for effective persuasive/argumentative writing. Beginning with the issue of curfews for a quick class...

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