These classroom guides, designed to accompany the daily Cable News Network Newsroom broadcasts for the month of April, provide program rundowns, suggestions for class activities and discussion, student handouts, and a list of related news terms. Topics covered include: the Montana standoff between federal authorities and the Freemen; debunking myths about homelessness; police brutality caught on videotape; the plane crash involving Commerce Secretary Ron Brown; and the apprehension of a suspect in the Unabomber case (April 1-5); party control of Congressional seats; community resources contributing to art education; civil war in Liberia; and a plane crash involving a seven-year-old pilot (April 8-12); guerilla war between Israel and the Hezbollah; political "third parties"; controversy over the American Red Cross blood supply; and gender-based differences (April 15-19); the gender gap in election campaigning; President Clinton's summit with Boris Yeltsin; the ten-year anniversary of the Chernobyl accident marked by a similar incident; the auction of Jacqueline Onassis' belongings; and passage of the health insurance reform bill (April 22-26); a Middle East cease-fire; ancient Americans, and offering free television spots as a means to "clean up" political campaigning (April 29-30). (BEW)