Dec. 2, 2009: Pennies for Peace

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers. Click here to learn about subscribing to the eEdition at no cost to you (for Colorado teachers).

Activities:

1. Design a poster asking people to help children in your community.

2. Circle five non-electronic school items in the newspaper that would be helpful for schoolchildren in poor countries.

3. Find two groups in your community that help people in need.

4. Find three people in the newspaper you would want on a team to help poor children in another country.

5. Find a newspaper story about a group you would like to help. Describe five different things you could do to raise money and gather supplies to support the group.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them. This week's standard:

• Students recognize and interpret how the "common good" can be strengthened though various forms of citizen action. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practices)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)