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Wednesday April 27, 2011
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Attention Journalism teachers:

Check out this wonderful program through the University of St Thomas.

Mission: ThreeSixty Journalism is committed to bringing new voices into journalism and related professions and to using intense, personal instruction in the craft and principles of journalism to strengthen the civic literacy, writing skills and college-readiness of Minnesota teens.

Website: www.threesixtyjournalism.org

Please submit your
Verification Affidavit now!

We need your help, teachers!

We need you to complete a form to verify receipt of newspapers you requested for classroom instruction. This verification is required by our auditors and must be on file in order for you to continue receiving sponsored newspapers. Thank you for your assistance!

►Fill out the Verification Form here

NEW! Subscribe to the eEdition for NIE

eEdition: The Power of the Press and the Internet combined!

Starting NOW, Star Tribune Newspaper In Education (NIE) program will give you the opportunity to add copies of the Star Tribune E-EDITION, the electronic version of the Star Tribune newspaper, to your classrooms at a very low cost!

►Download the SUMMER order form here

►Download the FALL 20011-12 order form here

 2011-12 Forms and Catalog 

Attention Teachers: Download your order form here for the 2011-12 school year.
►Click here If your school orders 10 or more copies per day..

►Click here If your school orders 9 or fewer copies per day..

Downloadable supplements
and teacher guides

A password is sent via U.S. mail to Star Tribune Newspapers in Education program participants upon receipt of orders.

►Go to the downloads page


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Getting ready for fall is
as easy as 1-2-3 with NIE!

Print and E-Edition versions of the Star Tribune available for your classrooms. The 2011-12 catalog is ready for you to start planning.
►Download the catalog

Attention Teachers: Download your order form here for the 2011-12 school year.

►Click here If your school orders 9 or fewer copies per day.

Contact us!

The Star Tribune newspaper connects kids to the real world. It's a textbook that is updated daily and a collection of history as it happens.

For more info call 612-673-4929 or 1-800-927-9131.

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 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


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

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

Audio

Daily Science Webcasts


Science Diary: Monkeys - Habituate

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


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

►Get This Week in History

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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: When it gets close, politics gets rough

►Download this week's lesson
►There are more than 180 lessons archived for your use

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

-- Front Page Talking Points Archive

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

►Read More!


►Indiana hosts Super Bowl XLVI

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

►Archive of Geography quizzes

Toronto teens send Lego man into space

►Discussion prompts & video archive.

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

 Online Extras 

This month's downloadable poster

Download these educational, colorful posters for use in your classroom.
■ Have them laminated for long-term use.
■ Display them on your bulletin boards for kids to study!
■ Print extra copies for your students to take home.

►A new poster will be posted every month! Download the ones you may have missed and See the schedule here.

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