YearlyPlanNews

A Yearly Plan to Teach the News

What topics are likely to be in the news throughout the year? Teachers can plan to integrate news throughout all curricular areas; if appropriate, special times may be designated on a daily or weekly basis. Special units can be developed for the appropriate age levels.

Where might news be taught in each teaching situation? Examine the pattern of curricular organization for the teaching of the news and decide how and where it might fit on a yearly plan.

Answer these Questions as the Yearly Plan is Filled Out.

1. What units will I teach in social studies?

2. What bulletin boards do I already have planned? How could news items be added to these bulletin boards?

3. What news bulletin boards could be added?

4. What news learning centers or learning stations could I develop?

5. What games, gimmicks, or strategies could I use?

6. Is it appropriate at my level to teach a social studies or language arts unit on some aspect of the news?

7. What classroom news publications are available at my level?

8. What newspapers or magazines are available in my classroom or are located in the school's media center?

9. What news programs can my students listen to or watch?

10. What news programs are a part of my life? How can these be related to my units?

Radio

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Television

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11. To what publications do I subscribe? What kind of news will I be aware of as a result?

Newspapers

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Magazines

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Professional Journals

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Historic Newspapers and Yearly Plans

1. What are the names of some of the newspapers published during the history of your community?

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2. Look for topics related to the units you teach. Share the news items with students during the unit.

A, Tell about the articles through the use of storytelling.

B. Have the students read the actual articles.

3. Find related articles in community newspapers published in other languages. Use the AltaVista translator web page to learn what these articles have to share. http://altavista.digital.com/

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