CIVICS EDUCATION CORNER
During Women's History Month, the School Violence Prevention Demonstration Program challenges your students to think critically about the subject matter and sources that underpin the study of women's history. Throughout our nation's past, women have dared to question, to evaluate, and to ask, "Why not do better?" These lessons and activities invite your students to do the same.
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FAMILY ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION
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Activities to promote parent involvement from Education World  Research shows that children are more likely to succeed academically and are less likely to engage in violent behavior if their families are involved in their education. Many parents say, however, that they feel unwelcome or uncomfortable in their children's schools. Teachers often feel under attack by parents who are highly involved. Learn how to bridge the gap. Included: A dozen activities to promote parental involvement and ten tips for involved parents. Click here for the complete list.
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| Need or Want Training? | | |
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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 | March is Women's History Month
4-part series, audio podcasts and teaching guide all for only $20 total |
 The NYNPA Newspaper In Education Program has prepared a 4-part series of , 4 column x 10", features, audio podcasts, and a teaching guide for use during March to Celebrate Women's History Month.
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| It's not too late to participate in the 11th Annual Statewide Serial Story When New York Was New
All 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 covers 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 story, illustrations, audio podcasts of each chapter, teachers' guide, and student contest are all included at no charge to member newspapers who are welcome to share this content in-print or online. The story can run anytime between January 1, 2016 and end of the school year in June.
Click here to download the Newspaper Agreement form 2016. Contact Mary Miller with any questions - mmiller@nynpa.com
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| Celebrating Sunshine Week (March 13-19), Freedom of Information and Your Right to Know
Free 4 col x 10" feature for March |
 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 highlights Sunshine Week.
Sunshine Week is a national initiative to promote a dialogue about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public's right to know.
Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or call 518-449-1667 x 701 for a high resolution copy of this feature.
April's feature spotlights Earth Day, April 22.
_____________________________________________________ In addition, editorials and commentary about Sunshine Week, including an editorial about the use of Snapchat by Bob Freeman, the Executive Director of the Committee on Open Government and an original "Bob the Squirrel" cartoon by Frank Page from the Rome Sentinel explaining the importance of Freedom of Information "in a nutshell" with bit of humor and geared for younger students. This additional content can be found free online at www.nynpa.com/nie/sunshine.html |
| FREE 7-part series for Agriculture Literacy Week (March 14-18)
Includes profiles of NYS Apple Growers - Features are not dated and can be used anytime |
These resources were created in partnership with New York Agriculture in the Classroom and were designed for use by teachers with students in grades K-4 to help increase the awareness, understanding, and appreciation of New York State agriculture.
The seven part series is based on the NYS theme book, "The Apple Orchard Riddle" by Margaret McNamara and G. Brian Karas and includes an introduction to NYS Agriculture, three NYS farmer profiles - Goold Orchards, Castleton (Hudson Valley), Schutt's Apple Mill, Webster and Russell Farms, Niagara, a crossword puzzle, word search and kid-friendly apple recipe from the NYS Apple Growers Association.
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Free Teaching Resources for March
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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.
 From Scholastic - Celebrate Women's History Month with lesson plans and online activities for students in K-12 to honor women who made a difference in the world. Holiday Newspaper Scavenger Hunt
Directions: Find as many of these items as you can in the newspaper as quickly as you can.
- An advertisement for an item that would take a "pot of gold" to buy.
- A recipe for preparing corned beef and cabbage.
- A feature story about lucky people or events.
- A city that might be able to see a rainbow due to their weather.
- Four lucky things you wish for, that you could write on each leaf of a four leaf clover.
- Somewhere hosting a St. Patrick's Day parade, party or dance.
- Something Irish.
- A photo of someone celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
- A story about someone who is helping others, like St. Patrick helped his fellow Irishmen.
- Find a classified help wanted listed that would be a good job for a leprechaun.
- A list of Irish names found in the obituary listings.
- The name of a sport's team whose colors include green.
- 14. A comic strip about St. Patrick's Day.
Modified from an original list created by Diane Goold, Newspaper In Education Director St. Joseph News-Press, St. Joseph, MO.
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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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