Welcome to The News-Star's Newspaper in Education site!

Add The News-Star to your classroom curriculum! Our Newspaper in Education web site will enrich your existing lessons, enliven classroom discussions and develop lifelong reading habits for your students.

The News-Star is your local news source, offering daily updates on the relevant information you and your students need to understand our rapidly changing world. Our coverage of local, state, and federal governments helps young people see how the democratic process affects them on a personal level. We provide students with the thought-provoking materials that inform, inspire and move them to participate in the world around them.

Through our NIE website, you can enjoy our database of newspaper-based Lesson Plans for grades K-4, 5-8, and 9-12, offered free to the educational community, as well as our weekly Geography-in-the-News lesson, "This Week in History" and "Front Page Talking Points."

In these activities, students are encouraged to discuss, engage and relate the news to their own lives. The lesson plans tie current events to lessons of history, government and sciences, sending students into the articles and regular features of the printed or online newspapers. Our lesson plans, customized by grade level, are updated every Monday.

Electronic edition newspapers are available daily by teacher request. Contact Hugh Posey, hposey@monroe.gannett.com, to sign up today!

Online Extras (Updated every Monday)

Resources to help you put The News Star 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: Sunshine Week: Shine the light on your government

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There are more than 140 lessons archived for your use

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

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

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

Get This Week in History

NIE Special Report
2010 Census Resources

Download Teacher Guides and activity sheets categorized by grade level.

THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS

FIASCO
DEFINITION: A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted. Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010