Social Studies
Social Studies
Social Studies
Teacher Guide: Election Primary
Teacher's Guide for the Primary Election supplement.On Line Teacher Workshop
Teacher workshop (possible credits) with course on Diversity.Teacher Guide: Election Primaries & Caucuses
A Teacher Guide to help you introduce the newspaper to your students and to reinforce and extend lessons of the Election Supplement for Primaries and Caucuses of 2008. It contains more than 20 activites, as well as six activity sheets that you may reproduce and distribute to students.Exploring Diversity
A teacher's guided tour through the different stages of our lives as affected by diversity. This is linked to the on-line course which may be applied toward continuing education/staff development credits.Election Coverage, 2008
In-depth learning tool for coverage of the election primaries and caucuses during 2008.Adolescent Literacy Through the Newspaper - Literacy, Multicultural Education, and Multiple Intelligence Theory
This NAA guide provides 10 core activities that deal with culture, which help students to examine themselves in the context of their cultural background. After each of the core activities, the guide provide related activities, some to extend the lesson and others based on the multiple intelligence theory, allowing students to spend time working from their gifts and talents.Celebrate Diversity!
This guide provides newspaper lessons that help students explore six areas to celebrate diversity: race, gender, language, ethnicity, religion, and disability, while developing critical thinking skills.We The People - Unit 2 Letter-size
Unit 1 Tabloid Supplement / Unit 2 Letter-size. These two units of the Center for Civic Education’s (CCE) popular We The People curriculum can help schools meet the new Federal requirement that every school study the Constitution on Constitution Day each year. Also try the Constitution Scavenger Hunt.We The People - Unit 1 Tabloid Supplement
Unit 1 Tabloid Supplement / Unit 2 Letter-size. These two units of the Center for Civic Education’s (CCE) popular We The People curriculum can help schools meet the new Federal requirement that every school study the Constitution on Constitution Day each year. Also try the Constitution Scavenger Hunt.Using the Newspaper to Teach Curriculum Standards for the Social Studies
Offers newspaper lesson activities based on the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) ten thematic cirriculum standards and addresses the student performance expectations that form the framework for excellence in teaching scial studies.Social Studies and the News
(Craig Lancto) 160 activities exploring the use of newspapers as primary sources including charts, graphs, and visuals to gain information; distinguishing between fact and fiction; recognizing bias and stereotyping; the foundations of Constitutional government; participation of individuals in civic life; the functions of political parties; evaluating the impact of media on public opinion; state and federal government; separation of powers; and economic concepts.Secondary Social Studies
This teacher guide offers 50 lesson activity sheets and hundreds of short lesson activities on history, government, economics, geography, conflict resolution, and taking civic action.Social Studies Quickie Lessons
A variety of short, quick lesson activities.Preserving America's Heritage Companion Piece
Companion Information for the Newspaper in Education Insert Preserving America’s Heritage:National Historic Preservation Act 40th AnniversaryPreserving America's Heritage
Create in partnership with Advisory Council for Historic Preservation, this supplement explains how historic preservation developed with interesting stories from the Pre-Columbian era to the present. Preserving America's Heritage Companion PieceYour Newspaper, Your Town Hall
This guide published by the NC Press Foundation offers lesson activities related to the newspaper’s coverage of town/city government and the local community.Global Connections: Geography Learning About the U.S. & the World
Provides nearly 80 lesson activities correlated to the National Geography Standards.Geography with the Daily Newspaper
A page of geography activities using the newspaper.Editorial Cartoons
Editorial cartoons use humor and satire to show a position about current issues. Editorial cartoons constitute both an unusual art form and a commentary on society. Because they express opinions on public issues, editorial cartoons are useful teaching aids for examining historic and contemporary issues and events.The Civil War
This supplement will help students compare and contrast the conflicting issues between the Union and Confederate states. They will learn what military camp life was like and also about the wide variety of ethnic backgrounds of soldiers that fought on both sides of the war. They will learn about the Battle of Gettysburg, the most important battle of the Civil War.Citizens Together
This guide is designed for five days of instruction using the newspaper to help students explore individual freedoms protected by the Bill of Rights.Challenges and Choices
Activities in this guide have been designed to give students practice in identifying issues, posing solutions and developing problem-solving skills they will need to face real world challenges.Celebrating Flight
Written by NASA, this supplement chronicles the history of flight from unmanned balloons through the Wright Brothers historic first powered flight to man’s exploration of outer space.O Canada! The True North Strong and Free!
Students will learn about our neighbor to the north, Canada. This supplement provides information on Canadian history, parliamentary government, geography, economy/trade, culture, famous Canadian’s and other topics.More from The Santa Fe New Mexican
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