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Mercury News In Education

Welcome to Newspaper in Education

Mercury News In Education is an exciting interactive program that engages students in learning by providing them with daily copies of the San Jose Mercury News.

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Get the Mercury News NIE e-Edition for your classroom

E-edition users can:

View all text, photos, and advertisements exactly as they are printed in the daily paper
Flip through pages and skim headlines - same as with a traditional newspaper
Change screen layout and move easily through pages and sections
Use keywords to research any topic, person or event instantly
Save, print and send articles with a click of a button

Click here to start getting your Mercury News e-Edition today!

 Weekly Features (Updated every Monday)

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

COUP

DEFINITION:
A sudden appropriation of leadership or power; a takeover.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
" Honduran coffee producers on Sunday expressed shock over a military coup in the normally peaceful Central American country and said they were deeply concerned over what the political and economic impact would be."
Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2009

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Daily Science Webcasts


Meteorites - Antarctica

Quick, what's the best spot in the world for finding meteorites?


Prisoners perform Michael Jackson tribute in the Philippines

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

Archive of Geography quizzes



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




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


Readers and journalists groan under a glut of celebrity news

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

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Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

This week's lesson: The Octopus as symbol

Download this week's lesson
There are more than 140 lessons archived for your use

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