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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 Rocky Mount Telegram 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 email Paula Delong or call 252-407-9941.

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Resources to help you put the Rocky Mount Telegram to work in your classroom

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

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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