NIE is a Living Textbook

Lima North Middle School's Linda Lehman was named The Lima News' 2007 Newspaper-In-Education (NIE) Teacher of the Year. Lehman, who teaches a multiple handicapped class at North, received the award during a May 31 school celebrations assembly. She is one of 26 teachers around the country to receive the award for finding innovative ways to incorporate the newspaper into their classrooms. Lehman has been at North for five years and uses the newspaper each Monday morning, largely to help pupils learn functional life skills.

Curriculum Guides

ELEMENTARY

• African American Culture (Black History Month)
• Be Kind to Animals...and People, Too!
• Conflict/Resolution: The Art of Harmony...Peaceful Kids Bully-Proof Your Classroom
• Creating a Classroom Newspaper
• Fundamentals for Elementary Students (K-5)
• Global Connections (Geography)
• It's NIE for K-3
• Maintain the Brain...Using the Newspaper to Enhance Basic Skills
• Measuring Up in Mathematics (K-8)
• Newspaper in Education Elementary Activities
• Newspapers...Touching the Kaleidoscope of Your Mind
• Project Solution (Character Education K-3 mini-guides)
• Using the Newspaper with Gifted Students
• We Celebrate Our Differences

UPPER ELEMENTARY/MIDDLE GRADES

• A Closer Look at Newspaper Advertising
• African American Culture (Black History Month)
• Ohio Agriculture
• Alternative Transportation Fuels (6-12)
• Beginning to Make the Transition from School to Career Using the Newspaper as a Teaching Tool
• Be Healthy, Be Fit -NEW
• Be Kind to Animals...and People, Too!
• Between the Lines
• Celebrate Your Freedom...Celebrating America's Tradition of Liberty Under Law
• Century of Flight
• Citizens on Assignment
• Comic Strips...Newspaper Capers
• Conflict/Resolution: The Art of Harmony...Peaceful Kids Bully-Proof Your Classroom
• Creating a Classroom Newspaper
• Elect to Connect (The Election Process)
• ESL, the Newspaper and the Classroom
• Everyday Heroes (Character Education)
• First Things First: First Amendment
• Fundamentals for Secondary Students (6-12)
• Global Connections (Geography)
• Learning Together...Learning Activities for Children and Their Parents
• Maintain the Brain...Using the Newspaper to Enhance Basic Skills
• Mastering the Message...Performance Assessment Activities for Understanding Media
• Mathematics in the Newspaper
• Measuring Up in Mathematics (K-8)
• Newspapers and the 'Net (Internet)
• Newspapers...Touching the Kaleidoscope of Your Mind
• O Canada!
• On the Sidelines (4-12) (Sports)
• Open for Business: An Introduction to Entrepreneurship Using the Newspaper as a Teaching Tool
• Project Solution (Character Education Grades 3-7 mini-guides)
• Reading Realities
• Social Studies with Integration to Economics -NEW
• Uncommon Women (Women's History)
• Using the Newspaper in Upper Elementary and Middle Grades
• Using the Newspaper with Gifted Students
• Using the Newspaper with Special Needs Students
• We Celebrate Our Differences
• What's Growing On in Ohio? (Agricultural Mini-Guide)ECONDARY * A Closer Look at Newspaper Advertising
• African American Culture (Black History Month)
• Alternative Transportation Fuels (6-12)
• Are You Ready for the Real World? (Economic Planning)
• Beginning to Make the Transition from School to Career Using the Newspaper as a Teaching Tool
• Be Kind to Animals...and People, Too!
• Celebrate Theatre!
• Celebrate Your Freedom...Celebrating America's Tradition of Liberty Under Law
• Century of Flight
• Citizens on Assignment
• Civic Education in the Newspaper
• Comic Strips...Newspaper Capers
• Creating a Classroom Newspaper
• Daily Miracle: Student Guide to Journalism and the Newspaper Business -NEW
• Elect to Connect (The Election Process)
• ESL, the Newspaper and the Classroom
• First Things First: First Amendment
• Fundamentals for Secondary Students (6-12)
• Geography in the Newspaper
• Global Connections (Geography)
• Maintain the Brain...Using the Newspaper to Enhance Basic Skills
• Mastering the Message...Performance Assessment Activities for Understanding Media
• Measuring Up in Mathematics (9-12)
• Newspapers...Touching the Kaleidoscope of Your Mind
• On the Sidelines (4-12) (Sports)
• Portfolios of Progress...An Assessment Organizer (Student Skill Improvement)
• Reading Realities
• Teachers' Guide/Secondary
• Teacher's Guide to Editorial Cartoons
• Teen Files: Issues That Matter
• Uncommon Women (Women's History)
• Using the Newspaper in Secondary Mathematics
• Using the Newspaper in Secondary Science
• Using the Newspaper in Secondary Social Studies
• Using the Newspaper to Teach Secondary Language Arts
• Using the Newspaper with Gifted Students
• Using the Newspaper with Special Needs Students

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