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The
73 activities in this publication use the newspaper to
help students develop crucial reading skills: skimming,
finding the main idea, distinguishing fact from opinion,
interpreting editorials and analyzing theme.
These
activities, embellished with creative graphics and illustrations,
relate the sports section of the newspaper to a variety
of subjects including language arts, math, science and
social studies.
The 88-page curriculum guide was developed to promote the needs of teachers working with special education students. The wide variety of newspaper-related activities are quite flexible and can be implemented in numerous ways. The activities are divided into four sections by competency levels.
Understanding
and Creating Political Cartoons -
This
resource contains 54 student activity sheets and suggestions
for helping students interpret editorial cartoons and
draw their own.
A
nationally known cartoonist created 26 editorial cartoons
specifically for this curriculum guide. Analysis questions
corresponding to the cartoons promote critical thinking
and enhance cognitive skills. An introduction provides
a history of editorial cartoons and instructions on how
to dissect a cartoon for greater understanding.
This
guide focuses on newspaper coverage of local, regional,
national and international current events, and it shows
teachers how to take current events study far beyond
the "read an article and report on it" approach.
Through
business, advertising, sports, weather, comics and front
page news, students get a taste of the excitement of
basic geography and the importance of geographic literacy
in our daily lives.
Using
the Newspaper in Secondary Science
The
purpose of this resource is to provide secondary science
teachers with a series of activities to supplement science
instruction.
Survival
Skills for the Student-At-Risk
This guide focuses on expanded learning opportunities for the potential secondary school drop-out. All activities incorporate the daily newspaper. Activities appropriate for 6 - 12.
Using
the Newspaper in Secondary Social Studies
This
curriculum guide helps teachers use newspapers as a learning
resource in history, government, economics and geography.
Entering
the Workforce: How to Get and Keep a Job
These programs face the task of training young adults who have never worked before and preparing them to be productive employees.
This
guide presents activities to help students evaluate and
become more informed consumers of print and electronic
media messages. Lessons show students how to access,
analyze, evaluate and produce media messages.