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BOSTON GLOBE NIE CURRICULUM GUIDE ON BUSING:
How do governments balance the rights of the individual for the common good? Does time change our perspectives? Teach the complex issues surrounding desegregation with the Boston Globe NIE’s Boston’s History: Desegregation and Busing curriculum guide. Use a Globe editorial and news story to check comprehension and writing skills with Boston Globe NIE assessments from Academic Merit.

COMMON CORE LESSON PLANS: Download lesson plans created by Boston-area teachers that are aligned to new Common Core State Standards adopted by Massachusetts. By using Boston Globe stories, pictures and videos, these lessons are about what’s happening where students live. Want lessons by grade level? We’ve got them from kindergarten all the way through grade 12.

VOCABULARY: Generate a personalized vocabulary quiz for your class with Words in the News. Set the level at elementary, middle or high school, and click on the number of questions for a challenge that meets the needs of your students

GEOGRAPHY: Step outside New England with Headline Geography. Pick a country and get a related news story with a corresponding quiz.

HISTORY: Wonder what happened in Boston's past? Check out Boston.com's Today in History for stories about local people and places. For a longer view, take a look at This Week in History, which describes important events from around the world.