NIE Week Features New Lesson Plans

[Frank W. Baker]

 Newspaper In Education Week (March 4-8) is celebrated annually during the first full school week in March. This year, the American Press Institute is partnering with the Newseum on curriculum that emphasizes the newspaper as an educational resource.

Lessons focus on the following topics:

Newspapers in Your Life

• What’s News Where?
• The First Rough Draft of History

In the Newsroom

• The Fairness Formula
• Planning for the Unpredictable

Media Literacy

• Where News Comes From
• Evaluating the News