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Newspaper in Education

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Welcome to NIE

NIE encourages and supports the use of newspapers in the classroom and seeks to promote literacy by educating, informing, motivating and connecting each student to the world of information through the newspaper.

For more information, call John Powers at 828/694-7897.

Or email us at john.powers@blueridgenow.com

Weekly Features (Updated every Monday)

Geography
in the News

Inmate mails himself out of German jail

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

Archive of Geography quizzes

Lesson Plans

Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

Elementary (Grades K-4)
Middle (Grades 5-8)
Secondary (Grades 9-12)

This Week in History

Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events. Just click on today's date in the calendar