Teacher Resources (Updated every Monday)
Online Extras to help you put the Birmingham News -- print, eEdition or web -- to work in your classroom
Super Skills for eEditions
Over 100 ready-to-use, standards-based activities for building skills in technology, math, science, social studies and language arts.Download your activity sheets here:
Elementary School
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Developing Comprehension and Research Skills With the Newspaper
This teacher guide includes 15 lesson plans, each with a classroom activity that helps students develop comprehension and research skills through newspaper content.
Standards for the English Language Arts include:
1) reading for comprehension,
2) evaluation strategies,
3) communication skills,
4) evaluating data,
5) applying language skills.
►Don't forget to check the Student Resources page for more activities
 ►Quebec shuts some universities to curb student protests Answer FIVE Geography questions each week based on major news events. ►Archive of Geography quizzes Tap the wealth of information in your newspaper as a teaching tool: 
►Population turning point: Nonwhite parents account for more than half of recent U.S. births -- Front Page Talking Points Archive  Diversity, multiculturalism, worldwide events. You'll find plenty for classroom discussions in this listing of events. |
 
Download a lesson based on political cartoons and print it out for use in your classroom. (PDF format)
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A set of weekly educational activities geared toward younger readers |
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