In order to sharpen a student's understanding of the differences between facts and opinions, this instructional activity incorporates both the close reading of a newspaper and the writing of a factual article and a letter to the editor.

In this creative instructional activity, students will create a voice for a tabloid feature within a fairy-tale world.

This activity engages students developing a newspaper. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the term "revolution" as they create their newspaper.

Lesson introduces students to how to use newspapers to understand what is currently happening in the world today.

In this instructional activity, students examine comments from contemporary historians and come to their own conclusions as to whether Napoleon should be defined as a hero or a tyrant. They will explore and discuss historical viewpoints...

One of the keys to helping struggling readers is to provide them with books that they can and want to read. Fiction for struggling readers must have realistic characters, readable and convincing text, and a sense of the readers'...

As part of a much larger site from PBS' American Experience's series, Eyes on the Prize, look through this multifaceted site that traces the resistance to implementing school desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court and shows the...

Lesson begins with a review of the food guide pyramid. The book Gregory the Terrible Eater by Mitchell Sharmat (not provided through lesson) is read and discussed in light of healthy eating. In groups, students create healthy meals from...

As part of a unit on Arthurian literature and medieval culture, learners imagine they are reporters living in the realm of King Arthur and create newsletters/newspapers based on their study and research.