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ERIC Number: EJ485679
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Quick Start Ideas for Teaching Current Events with Newspapers. Classroom Teachers Idea Notebook.
Rhoades, Lynn
Social Education, v58 n3 p173 Mar 1994
Contends that the daily newspaper has been used traditionally to teach current events in the social studies classroom. Asserts that using daily newspapers open the door to higher levels of thinking and problem-solving skills. Presents 27 instructional activities for integrating the daily newspaper into the social studies curriculum. (CFR)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Creativity, Current Events, Curriculum Design, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Newspapers, Social Studies, Teaching Methods, Thinking Skills, World Affairs
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Newspaper in Education Program