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The Newsweek Education Program and Kaplan announce the 2007 "My Turn" Essay Competition. Students can compete for $15,000 in prizes. The deadline for entries is March 1, 2007.
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Introducing "NewsWords": A New Vocabulary Tool |
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| The Newsweek Education Program debuts an innovative resource for students and teachers. "NewsWords" compiles all of the "Words and Terms in the News" featured in our weekly teacher's guide since early 2006 in an engaging interactive format. |
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Online Graphic Organizers |
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The Newsweek Education Program is introducing helpful, interactive graphic organizers for classroom use. NEP resources, including the Newsweek ThisWeek Teacher's Guide, will frequently refer to them. Two such graphics organizers—a Venn Diagram and a T-chart—are now available. We'll add a timeline generator later in September and others throughout the fall. |
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New Interactive Map: "The U.S. Political Spectrum" |
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The Newsweek Education Program weekly teacher's guide, as well as all NEP classroom resources, are aligned to standards set by the National Council for the Social Studies as well as the National Council of Teacher's of English/International Reading Association.
To demonstrate how Newsweek magazine and Newsweek Education Program resources meet state standards every week, we provide the outlines below. Additional states will be posted in the weeks ahead.
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New Catalog Choices for 2006-2007!
Our 2006-2007 catalogs are now available online, in versions tailored to the level you teach. The catalogs explain all of the Newsweek Education Program's benefits and lists 17 new free resource titles, including updates to our popular History Curriculum Guide. The catalog is available in two versions for each level: a traditional Web version and an innovative "Page-View" format that allows you to electronically turn the catalog's pages and zoom in wherever you wish.
High School Catalog: Standard Version | Page-View Version
College Catalog: Standard Version | Page-View Version
You may also request that we mail you a print copy of our catalog. Additionally, our 2005-2006 catalog is still available online.
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Celebrate Constitution Day |
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A Newsweek ThisWeek Extra:
Constitution Day 2006
To commemorate Constitution Day, the Newsweek Education Program has teamed with National History Day and Oxford University Press to bring teachers a variety of classroom activities as well as our favorite resources to teach about the Constitution.
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By Mike Luckovich Reprinted with permission.
Each week, explore the perspectives, commentary and analysis of editorial cartoonists with our new feature.
Click here for classroom questions related to this week's cartoon.
- NEP interview with Pulitzer prize-winning editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich
Writers often show how big or small something is by comparing it to something with which readers are likely to be familiar. On page 36, Newsweek points out that "The war [in Iraq] has now lasted 44 months, the amount of time that elapsed between Pearl Harbor and VJ Day." What does that comparison mean to you? What does it convey about the current war? Think about something else that has lasted almost four years, and rewrite the sentence using that comparison.
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Visit us at Your Next Conference! |
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The Newsweek Education Program regularly exhibits at regional and national conferences for educators involved with social studies, English language arts, English as a second language and developmental education. Meet our team of education professionals the next time you attend a conference. |
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Teachers: Share your ideas! |
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We'd like to learn how you're using the Newsweek Education Program, so we can share
those innovative ideas with all teachers.
Click here to get started!
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Interactive Map: "Land Mines: Eliminating the Threat" |
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The Newsweek Education Program presents an interactive version of our popular and highly informative Issues Today Map on the global land mine crisis. It's packed with facts that demonstrate the impact of the problem and its roots. The map also points out where progress is being made in the effort to rid the world of land mines.
Interactive Landmine Map
Study Guide (PDF)
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A New Book From the Newsweek Education Program |
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From the creators of the Newsweek Education Program comes an updated guide designed to help students improve their writing skills. "Essay Writing for High School Students: A Step-by-Step Guide" includes sections on writing for college applications; writing for standardized tests; writing for creative purposes, and much more. It's an outstanding resource to help students develop crucial writing and critical-thinking skills—tools that will provide lifelong benefits.
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Receive Newsweek ThisWeek via E-mail! |
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The Newsweek ThisWeek weekly teacher's guide is available online for each issue of Newsweek during the school year.
The Newsweek ThisWeek teacher's guide and quiz are also available to Education Program customers via e-mail.
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This week's issue of Newsweek reports on changes in the Bush administration after last week's election; describes the problems Democrats are likely to face as the majority in Congress; analyzes the shift in political power in geographic terms; and introduces the Sony PlayStation 3. Students explore these topics through three themes: Legacy, Planning for Success and Regions.
