Teacher Resources
Curriculum
Get a description of the various programs and curriculum guides we offer during the school year. Go here to download any password-protected curriculum plus get a list of a number of curriculum guides which are available to anyone.
Lesson Plan Library
Search for lessons specific to your needs. Choose from Math, Language Arts, Science, Social Studies and Journalism. You an also identify specific skills within each of those curricula.
Youth Journalism
Provide your 4th-8th grade students with an authentic writing opportunity with our youth journalism program.
Weekly Lessons
- Cartoons for the Classroom: Editorial cartoons with worksheets, archive and historical cartoons
- Daily Science Webcasts: Cover a variety of science topics
- DenverPost.com Current Events Quiz: An interactive quiz based on the week's news.
- Front Page Talking Points: Featured story with related video and discussion point
- Geography Quiz: a self-checking quiz on a place currently in the news, plus a searchable archive
- Headlines Around the World: An interactive globe with current headlines and news stories
- Kid Scoop Lessons: Thematic information and matching activities for primary and secondary
- Parade Magazine Lessons: Discussion, writing topics and additional resources (secondary)
- USA Weekend Lessons: Discussion and worksheets based on each week's issue
- Words in the News: This week's "word," plus quizzes for middle and high school
Miscellaneous
Calendars, fundraising, workshops, Spelling Bee and other miscellaneous items
eEdition Lessons
- Colorado Kids - Tools for Tomorrow: online worksheets to match each issue.
- Colorado’s Historic Newspaper Collection and eEdition Lessons
- Denver Post Current Events Quiz: based on news stories in the Sunday Denver Post
- eEdition Overview and FAQs: Learn more about the features of the eEdition
- Everyday Economics: Two weekly lessons (elementary and secondary)
- Knight Writer Writing Prompt: based on an article, story or photo in the newspaper
- Language Arts Lessons: Standards-based Language Arts lessons based on the Sunday Denver Post
- Math Lessons: Standards-based math lessons based on the Sunday Denver Post
- Mini Page Lessons: Five standards-based activities around each week's theme.
- Monthly Student Activities: Around specific holidays or annual events, plus an NIE instructional calendar.
- NewsBytes: Five activities each tiered for Elementary, Middle and High School
