Mar. 17, 2010: We All Count

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. Collect newspaper headlines that show numbers of people or things, such as "Three Students Win Prizes." Make a poster with your headlines.

2. Make up a survey to give your classmates. For example, what are their favorite TV shows or snack foods?

3. Conduct a comics census. How many characters (a) are male/female, (b) work outside/inside the home, and (c) are adult/school age?

4. Find newspaper stories that discuss how the census will affect your community. Make a list of the ideas you find.

5. Use the Internet to research congressional districts in your state. How did they change from 1970 to 2000?


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 understand the ideas, principles and practices of citizenship in a democratic republic. (Social Studies: Civics)
  

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)