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Attention: Teachers
Center for Civic Education
Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
In response to legislation passed by the U.S. Congress that requires educational institutions receiving federal funding to present a program pertaining to the U.S. Constitution, the Center for Civic Education has provided seven lessons on its website www.civiced.org
Order Newspapers for your classroom from Charleston Newspapers and use these lesson plans to teach valuable real world lessons about the Constitution.
These age-appropriate lessons are suggested for use at each of the following grade levels:
Kindergarten
Grades 1-2
Grades 3-4
Grades 5-6
Grades 7-8
Grades 9-10
Grades 11-12
Reprinted with permission from the Center for Civic Education. Copyright 2005.
Center for Civic Education. www.civiced.org
For more information about these lessons contact the Center at 818-591-9321 or cce@civiced.org
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Welcome to the Newspaper In Education site of Charleston
Newspapers. The goal of NIE is to provide an educational support for West
Virginia teachers who use the newspaper in the classroom as a supplement
to their curriculum in Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Science,
Career Education, Etc. Be sure to visit the NIE
pages of Black History Month, Reading Activities, Teaching Activities, the health guide for kids, It's a Jungle Out There, and the new math guide, Math Rules!
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March Mania
is a four-week
program that uses the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament to teach geography, math and language arts to 4th-10th grade students. You will receive an accompanying classroom set of the Charleston Gazette, free for the duration of the program.
Apply for the program here.
Download lesson plans here.
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America Recycles Day
Make Every Day America Recycles Day! Click here for lesson plans.
Earth Day
Protecting our environment is a concern that individuals of all
ages share. Download your curriculum guide, which
contains 38 pages of classroom activities using the paper to teach
environmental education. This
guide covers environmental issues such as sources of pollution, hazardous
wastes, recycling, energy, renewable and non-renewable resources, global
warming, and environmental laws. Download your copy today.
Classroom --
Charleston Newspapers would like to announce that you now will be able
to access PARADE Classroom each week on our Web site. Click www.paradeclassroom.com to
access this week’s teaching guide as well as preview next week’s guide.
You’ll also find
timely teaching tips—and a new current events quiz for your students.
We hope that you will find new ways to make PARADE Classroom an important
part of your teaching curriculum. The Sunday Gazette-Mail is delivered
to your school on Monday or Tuesday.
Now you can receive the Saturday Gazette-Mail with the USA Weekend Magazine on Monday or Tuesday. This combined issue of West Virginia's Two Best Newspapers will give your middle and high students the latest information on high school sports plus FLIPSIDE - The source for all things teen.
USA Weekend has a great program for teenagers with four core participatory
programs:
Make A Difference Day - Largest Day of
Volunteering in America
Songwriting Contest for Teens - The John Lennon
Songwriting Contest
Annual Teen Survey - Gives Teens an Opportunity to Speak Out on Current
Issues
Most Caring Coach Awards - Celebrates Leadership and Community
Service
Teacher curriculum available every week on www.USAWEEKEND.com/classroom
If you are interesting in having the Sunday Gazette-Mail as part of your classroom activities, please contact the Education Services Manager, at the Charleston Newspapers, (304) 348-7906.
Teachers and students are encouraged to participate in the activities found in the various
programs on this Web site. If you are a teacher in West Virginia and interested in having
newspaper-related curriculum materials to use with The Charleston Gazette or Charleston
Daily Mail, visit our NIE information request page.
We encourage business sponsors to support their local schools. If you would like to
sponsor a classroom with educational services, please notify our NIE coordinator.
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