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Newspaper in Education Activities by Category
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* = Also includes adaptations for other grade levels
Careers
Citizenship/Conflict Resolution
Fact & Opinion/Fact & Fiction/Editorials
- Across the Spectrum (Fact vs. Opinion) Grades (9-12)*
- Fact or Fiction (Grades 3-5)*
- How Are These Not Like the Other? (Grades 3-5)*
- Symbols & Sarcasm (Grades 9-12)*
- To Tell the Truth (Grades 6-8)*
First Amendment
- A Palette of Information (Grades 6-8)*
- First Amendment at Work (Grades 6-12)*
- It Is Our Right (All Grades Adaptations)
- Newseum activities
- First Amendment at Work (Grades 6-12)*
Games
Grammar/Vocabulary
Journalist/Jargon
Lincoln Activities (Social Studies)
- Abraham Lincoln Loved to Read (K-5)*
- Conflict Resolution (Grades 3-5)*
- Face on a $5 Bill (Grades 3-5)*
- Fact or Fiction (Grades 3-5)*
- First Amendment at Work (Grades 6-12)*
- Help Abe Get to the White House
- Life & Times of Abraham Lincoln (K-2)*
- Lincoln & the Civil War (Grades 9-12)*
- Lincoln: An Eloquent Speaker (Lincoln quotes)
- Lincoln: From the Frontier to the White House (K-2)*
- Lincoln’s Characteristics & Career (Grades 6-8)*
- Lincoln’s Famous Documents (Grades 6-8)*
- Lincoln’s Political Career (Grades 6-8)*
- Places Lincoln Lived & Visited (Grades 3-5)*
Online activities
- Newspapers on the Web
- Click here for a list of Indiana newspapers searchable by paper name, city and county.
Parts of the Newspaper (Learning About)
- It Starts with Parts (K-2)*
- Journalist Jargon
- Rainbow of Parts (K-2)*
- Scavenger Hunts (below)
Reading
- Abraham Lincoln Loved to Read (K-5)*
- Five W’s and the H: Building Blocks of a Story (Grades 3-5)
- Main Idea: The MAIN Game (Grade 3-5)
Research & Other Sources
- Hall of Fame/Hall of Shame (Grades 9-12)*
- In a Galaxy Far, Far Away (Grades 6-8)*
- Weather: Weather Genie? (Grades 6-8)*
Scavenger Hunts through the Newspaper
- It Starts with Parts (K-2)*
- Making Your Way Across the Rainbow
- Patriotic Colors (Follow the Leader) (Grades 9-12)*
Similarities and Differences/Compare and Contrast
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (K-2)*
- Healthy Is as Healthy Does (K-2)*
- Life & Times of Abraham Lincoln (K-2)*
- Lincoln & the Civil War (Grades 9-12)*
- Lincoln’s Famous Documents (Grades 6-8)*
- Lincoln’s Political Career (Grades 6-8)*
- Places Lincoln Lived & Visited (Grades 3-5)*
Summarizing/Analyzing/Sequencing
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (K-2)*
- Be Safe (Grade 3-5)*
- Finding the Pot of Gold (Grade 3-5)*
- Hall of Fame/Hall of Shame (Grades 9-12)*
- Healthy Is as Healthy Does (K-2)*
- Lincoln: From the Frontier to the White House (K-2)*
- My House (K-2)*
- Patriotic Colors (Follow the Leader) (Grades 9-12)*
- Summarize/Analyze (Grades 9-12)
Target Date Project
Teaching Parts of the Newspaper
- Teaching With Parts of the Newspaper
- Advertising (Lists of activities for all grade levels.)
- Editorial/Opinion (Lists of activities for all grade levels.)
- Features (Lists of activities for all grade levels.)
- News (Lists of activities for all grade levels.)
- Sports (Lists of activities for all grade levels.)
- Weather: Weather Genie? (Grades 6-8)*
Writing
- A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Words (K-2)*
- First Amendment at Work (Grades 6-12)*
- Five W’s and the H: Building Blocks of a Story (Grades 3-5)
- Fix It (Grades 6-8)*
- Flip the Rainbow (Grades 3-5)*
- Lincoln’s Famous Documents (Grades 6-8)*
- Main Idea: The MAIN Game (Grade 3-5)
- Places Lincoln Lived & Visited (Grades 3-5)*
- Summarize/Analyze (Grades 9-12)
- Work Hard – Perseverance Path (Grades 6-8)*
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