Try These Exciting
New Programs
Throughout the school year, NIE has a variety of first-class lesson plans available to you. These programs are date-specific and include classroom sets of newspapers. All programs meet required California state standards. Please check back periodically for more information on upcoming programs.
Living Black History: How Current Events Connect with Our Heritage: Each year, during Black History Month, the nation celebrates the achievements of African Americans whose lives have made a difference. As students read about the people featured in this section, the issues they are facing and the challenges they are taking on, have them look for links between today's achievements and events from the past. This is an ideal program to complement NIE's Presidential Inauguration 2009 series coming soon. Order your E-Bee classroom editions.
Presidential Inauguration 2009: To mark the Inauguration of President-Elect Barack Obama on Jan. 20, The Fresno Bee is providing a news-based, Inauguration NIE series to help teachers make the most of this historic teaching opportunity. Order your E-Bee classroom editions.
Coming soon for download!
The Stock Market Game: Student teams in grades 4-12 receive a virtual $100,000 to invest in stocks and mutual funds during a fall or spring game session. Students trades take place in real time, just like the actual stock market. SMG curriculum meets California State Standards in six core academic subjects. Teachers using SMG for the first time are strongly encourage to participate in FREE training opportunities. Prizes are awarded to top teams. Order your E-Bee classroom editions.
Game Dates
9/2/08 -- 4/24/09 (Year-long Mutual Fund Game)
9/2/08 -- 12/12/08 (15 weeks)
10/6/08 -- 12/12/08 (10 weeks)
1/12/09 -- 4/24/09 (15 weeks)
2/17/09 -- 4/24/09 (10 weeks)
2/23/09 -- 5/1/09 (Virtual Enterprise)
Registration Steps
- Order your E-Bee classroom editions.
- Register at www.stockmarketgame.org. Select Unites States, California and San Francisco area game. You will be placed in the Fresno Regional Game.
- You will receive an ID and password within 24 hours.
Free Teacher Workshop
Sign up for a free Teacher Workshop on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Register at
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What's Growin' On? California Agriculture: The information in this 6th edition connects students to the world of farmers, ranchers and growers through hands-on opportunities to learn about growing safe and healthy food. Order your E-Bee classroom editions.
Now I Get It! Improving Comprehension With Newspapers: Download this special teaching guide for use during Newspapers in Education Week March 5-9 or anytime. Activities in this guide help students improve reading comprehension. The teacher controls the difficulty of each activity through individual selection of newspaper texts for each activity. Download teacher's guide.
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