NIE Special Report

In celebration of Black History Month, we complied a selection of videos from NBC Learn's 'Finishing the Dream' to use as an aid to teach the struggles and celebrate the triumphs of the Civil Rights movement over the span of 60 years. 'Finishing the Dream' is a project by NBC Learn, the educational arm of NBC News, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation

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Complete Sixth Grade
Sustainability Curriculum

Publix Super Markets, Inc. has joined efforts with FPES (Florida Press Educational Services) to bring this program to sixth grade students. This FREE NIE Program will show your sixth grade students how to become responsible members of the planet, and to respect all of the resources that it has to offer.

Downloads:

►Flip Chart for Interactive White Boards
Note: Only classrooms with white boards will be able to run this file.

►Complete supplement as PDF

►Teachers Guide

Lesson plans for use with the e-Edition on Interactive White Boards

Included are basic lessons for an Elementary, Middle and Secondary classroom that can be utilized to introduce Language Arts and Social Studies activities.

►Middle School Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Middle and High School Language Arts Lesson Plan
►High School Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Elementary Social Studies Lesson Plan
►Elementary and Middle School Language Arts Lesson Plan

USA Weekend Teacher Guides

New Teacher's Guides are available every Monday, complete with monthly themes highlighted in a weekly lesson and a monthly activity sheet.

►Click here to download guides from USA Weekend

 Weekly features (Updated every Monday)

This week's word in the news: DYSFUNCTION
DEFINITION: Abnormal or impaired functioning, especially of a bodily system or social group.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: After four days of exchanging comments through the media that made the Colts sound like a house of dysfunction, the team released a statement today to "dispel any misperception that there might be any hard feelings between us." ►The Indianapolis Star -- 01/30/2012

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

This week's lesson: When it gets close, politics gets rough

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►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

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

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Audio

Daily Science Webcasts

Science Diary: Monkeys - Habituate

Feed a wild monkey, and you may alter its reproductive cycle.

►Listen here!

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►Indiana hosts Super Bowl XLVI

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

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

►Elementary (K-4)
►Middle (5-8)
►Secondary (9-12)

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►Super Bowl brings Giants-Patriots rematch and a first-time boost for Indianapolis

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

Track news stories around the world

Newspaper Activities
for FCAT Practice