Going Green

A curriculum guide with 12 lessons designed to be starting points for implementation of instruction to expand students' knowledge of the use and abuse of the natural resources in the state of New York and elsewhere, and of efforts to meet the need for resource conservation and stewardship.

These lessons employ the daily newspaper's current and archival wealth as a source of information, investigation and source material for instruction. Each lesson is aligned to both the NYS Learning Standards and the new Common Core State Standards.

Copyright NYNPA 2012

A 13-part series profiling a range of historic figures either born in or with significant ties to New York State. The profiles, corresponding teaching guide, and audio podcasts are available free for NYNPA members

This guide offers teachers several short-answer questions based on the content of each profile about the person or their pursuits. When available there are links to newspaper archives and, lastly, the guide includes one to three activities per profile called “Newspaper Tie-ins.” These activities suggest how to bring the lessons of these historical figures into the present and make them relevant to our lives. These lessons were created for students in grades 4-8 but can be modified to accommodate all students. Instructors are welcome to use these to create their own lessons.

Read, Write, Speak, Listen, View and Learn
A guide with 10 mini-lessons that invites teachers or parents to work with different newspaper sections and adapt activities to students’ needs and interests.

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