News You Can Use -- Issue 37 -- Sept. 12-18, 2009

This week's standards:
Students identify key ideals of the United States' democratic republican form of government. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practices)

Activities:
1. Draw a newspaper with four headlines you'd like to see in the news.

2. In your newspaper, circle the names of local reporters who cover news, sports and entertainment sections.

3. Find a story about local or national government. Write a paragraph telling why we should know about that piece of news.

4. What would be a good news story for (a) a family member, (b) a friend, and (c) a teacher?

5. Read a major national news story. List the key facts from the story. Now find the same story on the Internet. Write a sentence comparing the stories.

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)