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Wednesday April 27, 2011
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Attention Journalism teachers:

Check out this wonderful program through the University of St Thomas.

Mission: ThreeSixty Journalism is committed to bringing new voices into journalism and related professions and to using intense, personal instruction in the craft and principles of journalism to strengthen the civic literacy, writing skills and college-readiness of Minnesota teens.

Website: www.threesixtyjournalism.org

Please submit your
Verification Affidavit now!

We need your help, teachers!

We need you to complete a form to verify receipt of newspapers you requested for classroom instruction. This verification is required by our auditors and must be on file in order for you to continue receiving sponsored newspapers. Thank you for your assistance!

►Fill out the Verification Form here

NEW! Subscribe to the eEdition for NIE

eEdition: The Power of the Press and the Internet combined!

Starting NOW, Star Tribune Newspaper In Education (NIE) program will give you the opportunity to add copies of the Star Tribune E-EDITION, the electronic version of the Star Tribune newspaper, to your classrooms at a very low cost!

►Download the SUMMER order form here

►Download the FALL 20011-12 order form here

 2011-12 Forms and Catalog 

Attention Teachers: Download your order form here for the 2011-12 school year.
►Click here If your school orders 10 or more copies per day..

►Click here If your school orders 9 or fewer copies per day..

Downloadable supplements
and teacher guides

A password is sent via U.S. mail to Star Tribune Newspapers in Education program participants upon receipt of orders.

►Go to the downloads page


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Getting ready for fall is
as easy as 1-2-3 with NIE!

Print and E-Edition versions of the Star Tribune available for your classrooms. The 2011-12 catalog is ready for you to start planning.
►Download the catalog

Attention Teachers: Download your order form here for the 2011-12 school year.

►Click here If your school orders 9 or fewer copies per day.

Contact us!

The Star Tribune newspaper connects kids to the real world. It's a textbook that is updated daily and a collection of history as it happens.

For more info call 612-673-4929 or 1-800-927-9131.

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 Weekly Features (Updated every Monday)


This week's word in the news: COUNTERVAILING

DEFINITION:
Acting against with equal force. Exerting force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
The announcement came after the Government Accountability Board faced countervailing pressures from those who urged that the petitions be made readily available and from those who raised concerns about the safety of domestic abuse victims who wanted to keep their addresses confidential.
►Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- 02/06/2012


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

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

Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


KSC: Animal Smarts - Why We Study Their Intelligence

Understanding how a dog thinks can ultimately help people that depend on canine assistance.


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

This week's lesson: When it gets close, politics gets rough

►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

►User survey confirms Facebook's appeal as it nears big milepost: first stock sale

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

NIE Special Report


In celebration of Black History Month, we complied a selection of videos from NBC Learn's 'Finishing the Dream' to use as an aid to teach the struggles and celebrate the triumphs of the Civil Rights movement over the span of 60 years. 'Finishing the Dream' is a project by NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

►View This Week's New Video!


►Argentina angry over Prince William's posting to the Falklands

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

'Not concerned with very poor' quote could fuel anti-Romney ads

►Discussion prompts & video archive.

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

 Online Extras 

This month's downloadable poster

Download these educational, colorful posters for use in your classroom.
■ Have them laminated for long-term use.
■ Display them on your bulletin boards for kids to study!
■ Print extra copies for your students to take home.

►A new poster will be posted every month! Download the ones you may have missed and See the schedule here.

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