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Welcome to Newspapers in Education!

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Newspapers In Education is a national program that promotes literacy through the use of the daily newspaper as an instructional aid in the classroom. The Daily Sentinel partners with educators and local businesses to encourage literacy, to broaden students' community and global perspectives and to equip area teachers with a powerful tool for teaching at no cost to the teachers or schools.

For more info e-mail circulation@dailysentinel.com or call 970-256-4299.

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Resources to help you put The Daily Sentinel to work in your classroom

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Daily Science Webcasts


Hummingbirds - Brain Size Doesn't Matter

Understanding the cerebral activity of hummingbirds may lead researchers to resolve human language disorders.

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

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


Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.

Get This Week in History

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This week's lesson:

Sunshine Week: Shine the light on your government

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One sport, 65 teams, no medals: NCAA Tournament is the Olympics of college basketball

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive


Italy's 'Purple People' protest premier

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

Archive of Geography quizzes

"Take your legs off and play:" Profile of a Paralympian

Discussion prompts & video archive.

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010

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March 14 - March 20, 2010

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