Newspaper in Education curriculum

Newspaper in Education (NIE) is a collaboration of The Flint Journal, schools and businesses to use the newspaper as a teaching tool in the classroom. You can use newspaper features, student supplements and teacher resource guides.

Newspaper Features

Newspaper features run in the general newspaper and are easy and fun to use in the classroom every day.

Newspaper Features

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Pigskin Geography (Mondays)

Fastcar Geography (Mondays)

The Mini Page (Mondays)

Serial Story (Wednesdays)

Teen Newsbreak (Wednesdays)

The Wide Awake Club (Thursdays)

Read more about NIE Newspaper Features

Student Supplements

Student supplements are mini newspapers with topical information and newspaper activities to use with the daily newspaper. The supplements are available for kindergarten to 12th grade, special education and adult education classrooms. Multiple copies are delivered for each classroom.

Supplements

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703 - Conflict Resolution

704 - Math Rules

706 - Hispanic Heritage

708 - Holiday Fun Guide

809 - Sports Science

811 - Meet Me at the Mall

812 - The Stock Market

814 - Finding the Right Job for You

815 - Volunteer: Change the World

822 - Your Character Counts

823 - Testing, Testing 1, 2, 3!

825 - Dollars and Sense

826 - Feeling Good, Eating Right

Black History Supplement (February 2007)

Read more about Student Newspaper Supplements

Teacher Resource Guides

Resource Guides contain learning-based newspaper activities to help teachers develop lessons. The guides are organized by grade and disciplines.

General

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101 - Elementary Teacher's Guide

102 - Secondary Teacher's Guide

103 - Fundamentals for Elementary Students

104 - Fundamentals for Secondary Students

105 - It's NIE K-3

106 - Using the Newspaper in Upper Elementary and Middle Grades

107 - Newspaper Fun with Garfield

108 - On the Sidelines

109 - Dinosaurs and the Newspaper

110 - Library Fun

111 - Elementary Activities

Adult Ed & Literacy

201 - Using the Newspaper in Adult Education

202 - Literacy Adult Basic Education: Utilizing the Daily Newspaper to Teach Adults

Specialty

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301 - Creating a Classroom Newspaper

302 - Special Education and Cooperative Learning

303 - 101 Ways to Use the Mini Page

304 - Positive Thinking Guide

305 - Multiple Intelligences

306 - Survival Skills for the Student at Risk

307 - Michigan Curriculum Framework

308 - Conflict Resolution

Social Studies and Geography

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401 - Using the Newspaper in Secondary Social Studies

402 - Our Living Community

403 - Black History and the Newspaper

404 - Citizens Together

405 - Making Choices

406 - Messages & Meaning

407 - Geography in the News

Language Arts

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501 - Exploring the Dimensions of Thinking

502 - Writing with the Newspaper

503 - Using the Newspaper in Secondary Language Arts

504 - Newspapers Make the "Write" Connection

505 - Along Came a Spider: Teaching Elementary Narrative Writing

Math and Science

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601 - Using the Newspaper in Secondary Math

602 - Using the Newspaper in Secondary Science

603 - The Weather Page

604 - Measuring Up in Mathematics: Addressing the NCTM Standards