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: COUNTERVAILING
DEFINITION: Acting against with equal force. Exerting force against an opposing and often bad or harmful force or influence.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: The announcement came after the Government Accountability Board faced countervailing pressures from those who urged that the petitions be made readily available and from those who raised concerns about the safety of domestic abuse victims who wanted to keep their addresses confidential. ►Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -- 02/06/2012

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

KSC: Animal Smarts - Dogs Were Once Wolves

Dogs and humans have changed each other in many ways over the years... perhaps for the better.

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►Argentina angry over Prince William's posting to the Falklands

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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►User survey confirms Facebook's appeal as it nears big milepost: first stock sale

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

Track news stories around the world

Newspaper Activities
for FCAT Practice