Weekly Lessons

These lessons, while not specifically tied to The Denver Post eEdition, are based on current events and reinforce using the newspaper.

• Cartoons for the Classroom
  Editorial cartoons, cartoonists, and weekly activities, plus an archive of editorial cartoons
  
  
  
• Daily Science Webcasts cover a variety of science-related topics
  
  
  
  
• Front Page Talking Points
  A featured news story with a related video and discussion points
  
  
  
  
• Geography Quiz
  An interactive quiz with a map and geography-based questions about a place current ly in the news story -- get your score and the correct answers. Includes a searchable archive of past places.
  
  
• Headlines Around the World
  An interactive globe with current headlines and news stories. A great way to show students the places in the world where news is occurring. Each story is also available in an audio format.
  
  
• Kid Scoop Lessons
  Weekly activity pages covering a variety of fascinating topics. Your students will enjoy the awesome puzzles and games but at the same time, they'll absorb the information this attractive set of pages provide. Two weeks issues are available at a time. (primary and elementary)
  
  
• News Video: Weekly Topics for Discussion
  Discussion prompts and video archive.
  
  
  
• Parade Magazine Lessons
  Six pages of activities using this week's issue. Includes newspaper activities, resources and suggested topics for classroom debates, plus reproducible skills sheets (secondary)
  
  
  
  
• USA Weekend Lessons
  Four pages of activities , include a Table Talk topic for discussion, a weekly puzzle and various activities tied to national education standards (secondary)
  
  
• Words in the News vocabulary quiz
  A new vocabuary word each week from the news, plus interactive vocabulary quizzes for middle and high school. Includes an archive of additional quizzes.
  
  
• My vocabulary.com
  With Root Word Lesson Plans, Themed Puzzles, Word Lists and other activities.