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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.
4 columns x 10" features highlighting different special events each month. New for 2026 is one highlighting the Anniversary of NewspapersPublication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971
Past features updated (if necessary) include:
Anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act – 6/2
Anniversary of D-Day – 6/6/1944
Flag Day – 6/14
Juneteeth – 6/19
Summer Solstice
PRIDE Month
National Dairy Month
NYS Summer Reading (This feature can run anytime throughout the summer)
A 10-part NIE series created in partnership with the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum with corresponding graphic organizers in PDF format available for download.
New York News Publishers Association member newspapers are welcome to download and print these features free of charge.All other users are informed that these materials are available for nonprofit educational research/teaching/scholarship purposes only
Understanding News Media
A 10-part series of features and graphic organizers developed in partnership with Stony Brook University's Center for Media Literacy.
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.
News Media Literacy Presentations
Learn how to identify accurate sources, verify news content, and gain a deeper understanding of how news professionals gather and disseminate credible information, using print or electronic media and what it means to be a good digital citizen. For more info or to schedule an event, contact us.
Anti-Cyberbullying
A 6-part series of features and cooresponding graphic organizers available to NYNPA members free. This link brings you the audio podcasts for each feature. Any NYNPA member newspaper wishing to run the series should contact Mary Miller to obtain PDF copies.
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