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for Newspaper in Education programs

Teachers: For more classroom resources make sure you contact your LOCAL NEWSPAPER

Sample the NIEonline.com content modules below

This week's topic:

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►Archive of past lessons
►Teacher comments

►Kenya celebrates its new constitution

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

►Debate over Islamic mosque near ground zero shows sensitivity of words

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

Words in the News

Interactive vocabulary quiz based on stories found in your newspaper.

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Lesson Plans Categorized by Grade Level

Let your teachers tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:

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

Educational links library

A library of links to resources for teachers is maintained for you. Links are classified according to grade levels and descriptions are included.

►Sample the links

►Cartoons homepage ►Cartooning Resources ►History through toons ►Cartoonist Videos

Caption contest will return this Fall

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Downloadable lesson for 09/02/10

Draw your own conclusions

►Download blank cartoon here for students to try writing their own captions.

This week's lesson

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►Cartoon Evaluation Worksheet
For use with these lessons or with cartoons from your newspaper

Mosque debate: Intolerance vs. insensitivity

Teachers: Download the lesson and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

Learning standard:
■Comprehending and evaluating the content and artistic aspects of oral and visual presentations.
■Responding to a variety of written, visual and electronic texts by making connections to students' personal lives and the lives of others; posing social science questions
Grade Level: Middle grades and up.

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There are 179 lessons in this library

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08/23/10

Mosque debate: Intolerance vs. insensitivity

Providing content and web services for Newspaper in Education programs

Caption contest will return this Fall

Download lessons you might have missed

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