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Welcome to Newspaper in Education

The Longmont Times-Call Newspaper in Education program provides newspapers and related curriculum programs that encourage classroom learning. Timely examples of science, math, civics, and language arts help educators provide students with real life connections.

Lesson plans come alive when educators use the Times-Call to make links with local, national, and international news. The Times-Call provides an innovative learning experience that is far beyond textbooks.

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Italy's 'Purple People' protest premier

Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events.

Archive of Geography quizzes


"Take your legs off and play:" Profile of a Paralympian

Discussion prompts & video archive.


Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


Soil Litter - The Food Web

There's a dense population under our feet that sustains life for us above the ground.



Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool:


One sport, 65 teams, no medals: NCAA Tournament is the Olympics of college basketball

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

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Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)

This week's lesson: Sunshine Week: Shine the light on your government

Download this week's lesson
There are more than 140 lessons archived for your use



Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events.


A set of weekly educational activities geared toward younger readers

Get details in our Parent Resources area


THIS WEEK'S WORD IN THE NEWS 

FIASCO

DEFINITION:
A complete failure, especially one that is ignominious or humiliating.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
A former state official who played a major role in the state's biggest privatization fiasco is now making money trying to help Texas fix the problems that resulted.
Dallas Morning News -- 03/15/2010

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