Newspaper in Education - Curriculum Guides

You are free to download and print any number of guides for your own use. If you want us to send you several hard copies, please send $5.00 each to cover copying and mailing costs. Call us at 413-585-5309 to order your guides.

Curriculum Guides 2007-08

Below you will find a list of ALL the NIE Curriculum Guides we offer. Unless otherwise specified, you can download a guide if you are a registered NIE teacher. YOU NEED A USERNAME AND PASSWORD TO DOWNLOAD GUIDES. If you would like to receive a hard copy of a Guide, call (413) 585-5309.

Pre-registered Teachers – you can use the list of Guides below (click on the title, use your password to download) OR click on calendar, select your program, then download your Guide.

** Looking for some quick lesson plans? Check out 100 Ways to use the Newspaper

For an exciting newspaper comparison project, Download Target Date Activities

And Target Date list of participating newspapers

2007/08 Program Guides

Folk Tales: see serial story page

Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks Guides

GEOGRAPHY

Geography and the Newspaper

This guide has lesson plans that uses the newspaper to teach about the five themes of geography: Movement, Location, Region, Human/Environment Interaction, and Place. Grades 3 - 9. Reproducible activity sheets. Download "Teaching Five Themes of Geography Using the Newspaper"

SCIENCE

Scientific Inquiry and the Newspaper

A new guide for 2006 that encourages the connections between scientific inquiry and other academic fields. The activities are designed to show teachers the many ways newspapers and other contemporary non-fiction texts can be used to teach scientific inquiry and connect inquiry to other academic disciplines. Grades PreK - 12. Reproducible activity sheets. Download Science Guide here.

ECONOMICS PRINT COPY ONLY

Economics—Ideas, Concepts, Applications

A guide that helps you cover Massachusetts Learning Standards for Economics! Review basic economic concepts while you develop expertise in the vocabulary of economics. The newspaper is your real-world textbook to help students think critically about today's economy and tomorrow's economic destiny! All lessons from the guide are correlated to Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks by Standard and by Grade.

LANGUAGE ARTS PRINT COPY ONLY

Featuring The Frameworks--Linking Language Arts to Your Newspaper

Cover ALL Learning Standards in the Language Arts Frameworks and, have fun doing it! The Introductory Activities help students learn how to use the newspaper as a critical reading and writing resource; the subsequent activities provide creative opportunities to hone language arts skills. Each activity employs a graphic organizer. Use the activities separately, create a portfolio, or complement a "journaling" unit -- the possibilities are endless!

Connect to the World, NIE Week 2008 Teacher's Guide

Comprehensive guide, including student worksheets and rubrics, for helping newspaper readers connect their reading to self, text and world. Pages 11-40 are geared toward middle and high school; 42-56 are for elementary. Produced through a partnership of International Reading Association and Newspaper Association of America Foundation.

MATH

Math from a Different Angle

A NEW guide that covers every strand in the State Frameworks, no exceptions! The guide is comprised of stand-alone activity sheets that can be used to complement your curriculum goals. Students apply their mathematical skills by turning to the newspaper where real-life mathematical problems, challenges, and solutions await. Geared toward elementary, middle and lower level high school math classes.

Introductory NIE Teacher Guides

Know the News/Use the News PRINT COPY ONLY

NOT a Guide, but an introductory LOOSE-LEAF binder of activities DIVIDED BY SUBJECT. This is the resource for beginners. Use this notebook to walk through the basics of newspapers--from editorials to advertising--with easy-to-use lesson plans at each step. Activities are correlated to national language arts and social studies standards (and many are matched as well as to Massachusetts Frameworks) and each lesson plan includes rubrics and assessment sheets. Most lesson plans also offer "adaptations" for use with younger or older students.

Press Ahead! A Guide to Student Newspapers

This is a teacher's guide to creating student newspapers. This guide covers National Language Arts and Social Studies Standards and can be used as a general teaching tool AND as a planning guide for creating classroom newspapers. Whether or not you're ready to develop your own newspaper, use this guide to give students opportunities to analyze newspapers and to think critically about press ethics and responsibilities.

Learning Together

Getting Started Contents Teachers Guide Parents Guide

Newspaper activities for children in the primary grades.

Just Think

Higher-level thinking skills and the newspaper for elementary to high school grades.

From Writers to Readers

Set up a writer’s workshop using the newspaper.

LEARNING ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER

Newspapers Inspire and Enlighten: An Inside Look at Your Newspaper

History, Careers, Newspaper Jargon; interactive pages for middle school and up

News Navigator

Chapter #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8

The fundamentals of newsmaking; EIGHT interactive worksheets for grades 3-5

*Grade level indicators are approximations. All guides may easily be adapted to serve children outside of the suggested grade levels. Many of the guides, for example, can be used in accelerated reading programs for younger students OR in remedial instruction centers for older students.