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Common Ground

Finding ways that groups of people are the same often helps in finding resolutions to conflicts. Find an example of a conflict in the newspaper. Make a list of ways the people on both sides of the conflict are the same. How could these similarities help them resolve their conflict?

Subject:

Community

Grade:

1st 2nd 3rd

Skill or Strand:

Features

Standard:

Student describe ways in which they are all part of the same community sharing principals goals and traditions.

Our City

Articles about our city appear in the newspaper. See if you can find and cut out an article for each of these: Police Department*** Fire Department ***School District*** Mayor and/or City Council. Rank these articles in order of importance. Write a paragraph explaining your reasons.

Subject:

Community

Grade:

3rd

Skill or Strand:

Features

Standard:

Students describe the physical and human characteristics of place to identify features in their local region*** the ways people use resources and how individuals contribute to their community.

Let's Go!

Using the travel section (advertisements and news articles) from your newspaper plan a trip to somewhere in the United States or Canada (Alaska and Hawaii included). Be sure to include the following: What form of transportation will be used? How much will it cost? What kind of clothes will you need to take? (Clip ads from the newspaper for this.) What special points of interest do you want to see? What special activities are schedules that you do not want to miss? Include a map showing your travel route. This report can be given orally using your visual aids or written.

Subject:

Research

Grade:

5th 6th 7th 8th

Skill or Strand:

Gathering Information

Standard:

Students answer questions through research.

Master Measurements!

Choose an inside page of your newspaper. Count the number of news stories on the page. Count the number of ads. Use a ruler to measure the length of a news column. If a column is one column wide and two inches long it is called 2 column inches. How many column inches are in one news story? Ads can be measured the same way. On one the newspaper how many column inches are ads and how many are editorial? Make bar graphs showing your results.

Subject:

Measurement

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th

Skill or Strand:

Standard/Metric

Standard:

Students measure an object to the nearest inch.

New and Used

Find five items for sale in the newspaper. Chart the items and their prices. Can you find the same items for sale used? What is the difference in price? What are the advantages/disadvantages of buying new and used?

Subject:

Economics

Grade:

2nd 3rd 4th 5th

Skill or Strand:

Basic Concepts

Standard:

Students understand basic economic concepts; the interdependence of buyers and sellers of goods.