CIVICS EDUCATION CORNER
iCivics is a non-profit organization dedicated to reinvigorating civic learning through interactive and engaging learning resources. The following is just one of the many online resources:
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In Activate, you campaign for an issue of your choice. Manage your resources well and grow your organization from a few friends to a national movement! Engage the community and elected leaders to raise awareness and support for your cause. Good luck!
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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION
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Back to School Tips from PBS:
Starting the new school year can be a time of great excitement... and anxiety. Help calm your child's fears (and your own) with these teacher-approved tips.
Meet the new teacher.
For kids, one of the biggest back-to-school fears is "Will I like my new teacher?" Breaking the ice early on is one of the best ways to calm everyone's fears. Take advantage of your school's open house or back-to-school night. Some teachers welcome phone calls or e-mails - another great opportunity to get to know each other before the year begins.
Tour the school.
If your school hosts an open house, be sure to go. Familiarizing your child with her environment will help her avoid a nervous stomach on the first day. Together you can meet her teacher, find her desk, or explore the playground.
With an older child, you might ask him to give you a tour of the school. This will help refresh his memory and yours.
Connect with friends.
A familiar friend can make all the difference when heading back to school. You might try calling parents from last year's class and finding out which children are in your child's class this year.
Tool up.
Obtain the class supply list and take a special shopping trip with your child. Having the right tools will help him feel prepared. While keeping basic needs in mind, allow for a couple of splurges like a cool notebook or a favorite-colored pen. These simple pleasures make going back to school a lot more fun.
School supply lists also provide great insight into the schoolwork ahead. Get your child excited about upcoming projects by explaining how new supplies might be used.
Avoid last-minute drilling.
When it's almost time to stop playing, give a five-minute warning. Giving clear messages to your child is very important.
Chat about today's events and tomorrow's plans.
While it is important to support learning throughout the summer, don't spend the last weeks of summer vacation reviewing last year's curriculum. All kids need some down time before the rigors of school begin. For some kids, last-minute drills can heighten anxiety, reminding them of what they've forgotten instead of what they remember.
Ease into the routine.
Switching from a summer to a school schedule can be stressful to everyone in the household. Avoid first-day-of-school mayhem by practicing your routine a few days in advance. Set the alarm clock, go through your morning rituals, and get in the car or to the bus stop on time. Routines help children feel comfortable, and establishing a solid school routine will make the first day of school go much smoother.
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Whether it's training for the newspaper staff to raise money for your program or help working with local teachers on your NIE Program or training for local teachers to use your NIE program, News Media Literacy (from editorial cartoons to close reading) - Contact Mary Miller for FREE training.
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 | 5 Ways to Make Money, Help Kids & Connect With Young Parents
Inland Press is offering a $25 Webinar on Wednesday, August 12 at 10:30am with Vicki Whiting, president and founder of Kid Scoop
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 If you think the NIE page is a relic of the past, think again. More than 300 newspapers from McClatchy's Kansas City (MO) Star to the Kingman (AZ) Daily Miner generate new revenue from kid's pages. At the same time they support literacy, help local teachers and engage young parents.
The money that supports these pages often comes from unexpected sources and untapped budgets. At this webinar you will learn:
- Who are the best prospects to sponsor educational pages
- Where to look for new revenue
- How to make the approach
- What to say (and what not to say)
- Why the right time is now
- What will make the deal close
- How to convert local teachers into advocates for your paper
This webinar teaches you how to do good, strengthen your connection to your community, develop the next generation of newspaper readers and be well rewarded for doing so. Non-member Cost: $25 Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Click here to register.
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| Announcing New FREE NIE Resources for 2015-16 School Year
For all NYNPA member newspapers
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The 10th Annual Serial Story, "When New York Was New" is currently being written by author Mike Peterson. The 8-chapter story will primarily focus on the 16th and 17th centuries, including figures such as John Cabot, Henry Hudson and Giovanni da Verrazzano in the south and Samuel de Champlain in the north, with discussion of the Iroquois Confederacy and how the coming of Europeans and the fur trade impacted the Haudenosaunee's existing conflict with other indigenous nations. The geographic, cultural and political formation of the state will also be covered, including the sorting out of Dutch, British and French claims and how -- beyond the natural borders of the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain and connecting rivers -- the borders of the state were established. This series and all the supporting content will be available for member newspapers free because of the continued support of the New York State United Teachers.
May 1 is Law Day and the American Bar Association has just announced that
the 2016 Law Day theme "Miranda: More than Words" will explore the procedural protections afforded to all of us by the U.S. Constitution, how these rights are safeguarded by the courts, and why the preservation of these principles is essential to our liberty. The NYNPA NIE program is hopeful that the LYC Program of the NYS Bar Association will again partner with us to develop educational materials based on this theme. |
| Famous New Yorkers XIV now ready!
13-part series, teaching guide and audio podcasts still only $52 for member newspapers |
Listed in alphabetical order, the following individuals are being profiled in the 2015-2016 series:
- African-American British and American stage actor - Ira Frederick Aldridge,
- Poet, journalist, novelist, abolitionist, suffragist - Sara Jane Clark, wrote under the pseudonym Grace Greenwood
- First Caribbean American woman in the United States to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry - Marie Maynard Daly,
- Actress, most noted for playing Alice on The Brady Bunch - Ann B. Davis,
- Editor for the New York Sun and attributed to writing editorial, "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"- Francis Church,
- Hall of Fame Baseball player and coach - John McGraw,
- Poet - Ogden Nash,
- Entrepreneur, Owner of Lifesavers candy and Founder of American Broadcasting Company - John Edward Nobel,
- Archaeologist for the New York State Museum and Director of the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Rochester - Arthur C. Parker,
- Comedienne, fashion commentator, entrepreneur - Joan Rivers,
- Discovered and developed the first successful inactivated polio vaccine - Jonas Salk,
- Journalist and radio broadcaster - Dorothy Thompson, and
- Olympic Athlete, WWII POW survivor - subject of the book and movie "Unbroken" - Louis Zamparini
Primarily targeting school children in grades 4 through 8, the 13 installments can be published in-print or online, as a series or as a special section. Use all or just a few. 
The people we are profiling offer our students a look at native sons and daughters who contributed to our state, nation and world. Each 500 word profile is accompanied with a photograph/artwork of the person and a New York State locator map. The series comes with a complete set of graphic organizers/teachers' guide and, MP3 audio podcasts of each feature!
A list of all those profiled in each of previous Famous New Yorkers series is available online at www.nynpa.com
Click here or on the image above to download an order form or simply email Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com.
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Free Teaching Resources for Back-to-School
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Here is a list of NIE and other resources for kids, teachers or parents can use to enhance their students' education and help get everyone ready to go back-to-school.
Creating a Welcoming and Intellectually Challenging Classroom - a blog post by veteran educators offers a simple but powerful suggestion to build a more inclusive, equitable environment for learning: "Look at life in the classroom every day from the perspective of each of the students" making an "identity safe classroom" - learning environments where every child feels welcome and eager to learn.
Current word lists and puzzles from MyVocabulary.com:
All MyVocabulary.com content is printable for NIE programs without a charge. Please honor trademarks and copyright, giving MyVocabulary.com attribution.
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"NYNPA niE-News" is an electronic newsletter of the New York News Publishers Association, NIE Program. It is sent to provide you with news of your colleagues, money-saving and money-generating ideas, and educational trends, all in one place - in a format you can quickly scroll through. Feel free to forward this newsletter to anyone you think would benefit from it. If you have an item you'd like to share - a success story, a warning so others don't make the same mistake, or a something you'd like advice on, simply hit the "reply" button on your e-mail service. Remember, you can always send news by emailing Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com. |
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For more NYNPA NIE news and materials be sure to visit our website at www.nynpa.com.
Sincerely,
Mary Miller
Education Services Director New York News Publishers Association
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