Resources for Bay Area Teachers and Students

Contact us




Get free* access to e-Editions for your students every day. Sign up for online news to give your students stories, photos, ads, comics - all the components of the printed newspaper replicated on our e-Edition Web site! PLUS, we provide the vast library of lesson support you see here at Newsschool.com.

*Provided at no charge thanks to donations by local businesses and subscribers.
Limited copies of PRINTED newspapers are also available.
















Premier sponsors

Click here for sponsorship information

Online Extras (Updated every Monday)

kidscooplogo100.gif









cftclogo.gif

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

This week's lesson: Tooning into Constitution Day 2010

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

Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


Floppy Flier

Maple tree seed pods are the inspiration for a new way to deliver relief supplies via airplane.



Australian scientists' hopes dashed by death of Tasmanian Devil

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

Archive of Geography quizzes

Hearing-loss message is clear, but not loud: Dial down the volume

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive



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

Build awareness of the 1st Amendment


Download free lesson plans that focus on the 1st Amendment that will draw students into an exploration of how their freedoms began and how they operate in today's world. These activities provide innovative and engaging ways to lead discussions in classes.

Learn more here



Proposal would penalize movies showing actors smoking with an R-rating

Discussion prompts & video archive.



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


THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

TUMULTUOUS

DEFINITION:
Noisy and disorderly.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
That whole process was a little bit tumultuous as it unfolded day to day. But the application itself and some of the proposals were truly something that would be very progressive.
NJ.com -- 08/30/2010



minipagelogo.gif

Standards & Activities for The Mini Page

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Pages content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

Click here to go to the Mini Page!


USA Weekend Teacher Guides

New Teacher's Guides are available every Monday, complete with monthly themes highlighted in a weekly lesson and a monthly activity sheet.

Click here to download guides from USA Weekend