CIVICS EDUCATION CORNER
Veterans Day is an annual federal holiday celebrated on Nov. 11. Also known as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day, this date marks the anniversary of the end of World War I. Unlike Memorial Day, which commemorates the men and women who have died while serving in the military, Veterans Day honors all who have served in the U.S. armed forces. Share My Lesson has lesson plans, activities and classroom resources to help educators commemorate this holiday with students.
The Civics Renewal Network is a consortium of nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations committed to strengthening civic life in the U.S. by increasing the quality of civics education in our nation's schools and by improving accessibility to high-quality, no-cost learning materials.
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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION
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Teaching Young Children
The National Association for the Education of Young Children, the world's largest organization for early childhood educators. In addition to a magazine called Teaching Young Children (TYC) published five times per year this group shares some resources online, including Message in a Backpack - short, single page ideas to share with parents about simple ways to engage their young children in learning. For example, Everyone can be a Storyteller To access these materials go to http://www.naeyc.org/tyc/backpack
Click on the logo below for information about how to join.
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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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 | Celebrate National Family Literacy Month
One of a series of FREE monthly NIE features you can share in-print or online! |
 The NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program is offering all member newspapers a series of 12 stand- alone, 4 column x 10", monthly features to help you raise money and awareness for your local NIE efforts.
This month's feature for National Family Literacy Month is pictured right.
Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or call 518-449-1667 x 701 for a high resolution copy of this feature. December's feature highlights National Human Rights Day (Dec 10) and January's is a tribute to the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. To view images of the completed features or the list of what is planned for the rest of the year visit http://www.nynpa.com/nie/MonthlyNIEFeatures.html.
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| Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: The Complete Story of an American Holiday
A FREE 3-part series of features and student worksheets for use in-print or online
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Much of what people 'know' about Thanksgiving is actually a blend of fiction, myth and history that has become widely accepted as truth. But the events of what we call "the First Thanksgiving" are nothing like our traditions today. And the creation of the holiday has little to do with the feast that took place in 1621 between the English settlers at Plymouth that arrived on the Mayflower and the Wampanoag people.
This 3-part series was written by Perry Ground for the NYNPA NIE program all rights reserved 2011. Mr. Ground is a traditional storyteller, cultural educator, and the Project Coordinator at Native American Resource Center for the Rochester City School District. Go to www.nynpa.com to download all content or click the Thanksgiving image above. Additional teaching materials for Thanksgiving can be found under Free Resources Column below. |
| Sign up now to participate in When New York Was New
These resources are FREE to NYNPA member newspapers because of continued support from NYSUT and NY Newspapers Foundation. |
Author Mike Peterson and Illustrator, Christopher Baldwin are again teaming up to create a brand new non-fiction serial for NYNPA members to share with teachers and students around the state. The 8-chapter story will cover the native populations and the intersection of the early European exploration and settlements in the new world through the events that formally formed our boundaries. The working outline includes:
- Overview of the history and geography of what is now NYS
- The Iroquois (which will touch on the neighboring indigenous peoples)
- Early Explorers - Verrazano, Hudson, Champlain, Smith and others.
- French
- Dutch
- English
- Settlements and conflict - This chapter will get more deeply into the conflicts among the English and French and the impact of both on the Iroquois.
- Borders, boundaries and settlements - touch on the upcoming F&I and Revolutionary Wars, where we're at now and how we got there.
Click here to download the Newspaper Agreement form 2016.
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Free Teaching Resources for November
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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.
Scholastic and Plimoth Plantation have teamed up to bring the story of the First Thanksgiving to life in your classroom! Introduce your class to the first harvest celebration, delve deeper into the relationships between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags, and take a closer look at the historical significance of the Pilgrims' settlement. Resources include historical letters, videos and photos. Click here to sign up to receive a series of emailed letters written from the historical perspective of a Pilgrim girl and a Wampanoag boy living in the New World. ______________________________
 Reading Rockets has video interviews with Children's Authors and Illustrators. These interviews are a great resource for a classroom author studies. For ideas on how to plan and implement author study units, see their Author Study Toolkit. _________________________________________
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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| Remember...we're always looking for new young writers for YVNY!
|  The site is intended for kids, 13 years old and younger, who are interested in writing and journalism. It's free to join but requires parental permission. Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or click here to visit the website for more information. |
"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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