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Supreme Court considers D.C. gun ban For the first time, the Supreme Court may make a ruling about the meaning of the Second Amendment. - more

CURRENT EVENTS

• Denver Post Current Events Quiz
  10 multiple-choice questions based on news stories in the Sunday Denver Post, with answer key. - click here
• Rocky Mountain News Current Events Quiz
  10 multiple-choice questions based on news stories in the Wednesday Rocky Mountain News, with answer key - click here
• Online News Quiz
  10 questions on current news. Self-checking - click here
• Geography Quiz
  Five interactive geography questions based on a current news story. Includes your score and the correct answers. - click here
• Who Am I?
  Weekly newsmaker, plus archive- click here

LESSON PLANS

• Lesson Library
  A searchable database of newspaper lessons. You choose the content area, grade level and skill and we provide the lessons. New lessons added every few weeks - click here
• Colorado Kids - Tools for Tomorrow
  Colorado Kids is a weekly four-page news section in the Tuesday Denver Post with three pages designed for grades 4-8, and one page for grades 1-3. These worksheets extend student use. Includes an assessment test, vocabulary and extension activities for Kindergarten. - click here
• Mini Page Lessons
  The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children printed in the Wednesday Rocky Mountain News. Get 5 standards-based activities based on each week's theme - click here
• Weekly Lesson Plans
  Language Arts and Math lessons based on the Sunday Denver Post, plus Knight Writer, a weekly writing prompt. - click here
• Student Activities
  Five activities each for elementary, middle school and high school based on timely topics, plus archive of past lessons. - click here

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

• Parade Magazine
  Six pages of activities using this week's issue. Includes newspaper activities, resources and suggested topics for classroom debates, plus reproducible skills sheets - click here
• USA Weekend
  Four pages of activities , include a Table Talk topic for discussion, a weekly puzzle and various activities tied to national education standards - click here
• Cartoons for the Classroom
  Editorial cartoons, cartoonists, and weekly activities - click here
• Web Research
  Three current topics to research further on related websites, plus archive- click here
  

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