Along Came a Spider
Grades K-5
Lesson plans promote reading, comprehension, and the skills needed to find important facts in texts.

Background Vol. 8/ Vol. 9
Current and Historical information on a variety of topics.  Great for reading or history.

Black History Vol. 1/ Vol. 2
Grades 4-12
Promote a greater understanding of Black History and current news in the Black community.

Celebrate Diversity/Multicultural Community
Grades 5-12
Guide your students through issues of tolerance, acceptance, and freedom of race and religion using these two books.

Comic Strips/Newspaper Capers
Grades 4-12
Everyone loves the comics.  You will be able to challenge your students by using the comics to help them think.

Creating A Classroom Newspaper/Press Ahead
Grades 3-12
From basic newspaper terminology to finishing a newspaper in your class, you will find all the directions you need with this guide.  You can also use our newspaper templates in conjunction with this book.

Earth Watch
All Grades
Through these lessons, your students will gain a more astute appreciation for the world they live in each day.

Election Primary
Grades 1-3
Teach your younger elementary students about the democratic process.

Elections!/ By The People
Grades 4-12
Your older students will gain much from going through the elections process outlined in these lesson plans.

Entering the Workforce
Grades 9-12, Adult
Use this guide to teach the value of a good job interview.  Finances, keeping a job, and working hard are the focus of these lessons.

Football Fanfare
Grades 4-12
Engage your students with this creative use of football in your classroom.  Follow a team around the country, learn about cities, learn about statistics and have fun.

Foundations of Democracy/Presidents, Politics, & the Process
Grades 6-12
Create a deeper respect for our country in your students by showing them the framework for our Constitution.

Geography In The Newspaper
Grades 6-12
Learning about different places in the world can be fun when you use the newspaper.

Give Them The Keys
Grades 5-12
Give your students the keys to learn how to read and understand the newspaper and current events.

Holocaust
Grades 4-12
Teaching about the Holocaust and other terrible times in our history will help your students gain empathy and knowledge necessary to make this world a better place.

Hoops/World of Fun – Harlem Globetrotters
Grades 4-12
Basketball is a fun and exciting way to engage your students in learning a variety of school subjects.

It’s NIE for K-3
Even very young children can learn from the newspaper.  Face and emotion recognition, early alphabet and number recognition, and animal pictures are especially fun for young students.

Just Think!
Grades 6-12
The lesson plans in this book will help you promote higher-level thinking skills while using various types of newspaper writing styles.

Let Freedom Ring/Talking About Freedom
Grades 4-12
These books will help you explain democracy to your students.  They will learn about the Constitution and Bill of Rights.

Life Skills In The News
Grades 6-12
Use this guide to help your students get a clear understanding of how to apply book knowledge to real life situations.

Literacy/Adult Basic Education
More than ever, we are able to reach out to the adults in our community.  These lesson plans will help you teach reading and comprehension.

Living In Louisiana’s White House
All Grades
This book is an informative guide about the adults and children living in the Governor’s Mansion in the early 1900s.  It is full of photographs for your class.

Louisiana
All Grades
Use the newspaper, along with these lesson plans, to teach about Louisiana history, past and present.  Covers recent hurricane news, as well.

Mathematics In The News
Grades 4-12
Use sale papers, stocks, and statistics to encourage your students to apply math skills in real life situations.

Newspaper Journalism
Grades 6-12
Your writing or newspaper class will benefit from these lessons on how to write well.

NIE…It’s Elementary
Grades K-6
Guide your elementary students through the newspaper with these fun ideas.

On The Sidelines
Grades 4-12
Use the sports page to teach critical thinking and comprehension.

Organizing Peace
Grades 5-12
Covering World War II and beyond, your students will gain an insight into what is needed to create and promote peace in our world.

Parents, Children & Newspapers
Grades K-6
Get the parents of your students involved with these parent/child lesson plans.  Send a child’s newspaper home with them to promote even greater literacy in the home.

Science In The News
Grades 5-12
Help your students ‘see’ science in the news as you use these lessons to guide their analytical thinking skills.

The Sunday Edition
Grades 5-12
The Sunday newspaper has a wealth of expanded information for you to use in the classroom.  These lessons will help you apply various school subjects to the Sunday pages.

Survival Skills For The At Risk Student
Grades 6-12
These ideas will help you teach a student how to do more than obtain book knowledge.  They will learn life skills and thinking skills as the lessons are completed.

Weather Page
Grades 1-12
Younger students will learn how to journal weather news and older students will learn how the weather happens and how to analyze and study the data they find.

Tip:  All lesson plans in the following books utilize the daily local newspaper.  Each student does not need their own newspaper, but a full class set is encouraged.

Tip:  Consider sending the newspaper home with your students in order to encourage family reading at home.

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