Sept. 16, 2009: News You Can Use

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. Draw a newspaper with four headlines you'd like to see in the news.

2. In your newspaper, circle the names of local reporters who cover news, sports and entertainment sections.

3. Find a story about local or national government. Write a paragraph telling why we should know about that piece of news.

4. What would be a good news story for (a) a family member, (b) a friend, and (c) a teacher?

5. Read a major national news story. List the key facts from the story. Now find the same story on the Internet. Write a sentence comparing the stories.

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 identify key ideals of the United States' democratic republican form of government. (Social Studies: Civic Ideals and Practices)
  
  (standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)