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Teaching Tolerance
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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Community Newsletter

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What does it take to develop and publish a newsletter? Young academics create a newsletter with original artwork for their school or community. They explore social justice themes and spread messages of tolerance and inclusion. Scholars also research examples of non-fiction writing before creating articles for the newsletter. 

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Concepts

building community, school community, news articles, newspapers, news reporting, social awareness, social activism, social justice, art forms, social art, nonfiction, nonfiction writing, nonfiction text features, nonfiction texts, reading nonfiction

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Create an ongoing monthly classroom newsletter
  • Arrange for a local journalist to talk to the class about writing for a newspaper 

Classroom Considerations

  • Instructor must arrange for the printing and distribution of the newsletter throughout the school or community 

Pros

  • Lesson provides adaptations for English learners to be successful 
  • Resource focuses on anti-biased education to create a supportive environment 

Cons

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