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Washington Post: Home About Teacher’s Manual Curriculum Guides Enroll Contact Search form Search this site What’s New Words Reflect Culture and Character Rhetoric,” misinformation,” disinformation” and a flood of words related to the pandemic, campaigns and social media dominate the press and conversations. Lexicographers choose lockdown” as their 2020 word of the year because of its unifying experience for billions of people across the world.” Planet Word opens, Tom Toles retires, and The Post makes a Black and White decision. We focus on language —composed of words new and archaic. Words changing denotations and connotations, adjectives coloring the characters and scenes writers paint, words sharing roots and expressing unique cultures. Always reflecting character. Primary Disciplines Character Education, English, Government, Journalism, Language Arts, Media Literacy, U.S. History, World Language, Related Content Contact Us Enroll in NIE Read more about Words Reflect Culture and Character NIE Curriculum Guides Three Months, 18 Years — Post Resources for You Brain damage, a new competitive sport, advocacy advertisements, elder boom and young worker shortage, current global and national issues, our relationship with words and kids and an appreciation of Toni Morrison are covered in this month’s guide with suggested activities for using the Post reprints. Contact Us Enroll in NIE In the Time of Novel Coronavirus News, features, guest commentaries, graphs and photographs give snapshots of life in the first months of the novel coronavirus, primarily in the U.S. Study questions, activities and suggestions for interaction aid students to understand the basics of virology, read data, reflect and express themselves through word, art and music — defining life in the time of novel coronavirus. Contact Us Enroll in NIE KidsPost at 20 Years — and You Students and teachers join in celebrating 20 years of KidsPost. Using KidsPost works as models and our guidelines, they are encouraged to write profiles, news stories and comic strips; create Gyotaku prints; meet young activists; and publish a newspaper. Students also observe Bethany Beach fireflies and learn the physics of roller coasters, Ferris wheels and observation wheels. Contact Us Enroll in NIE 2020 — A Year of Change There is always change, but 2020 was a year of extraordinary changes — global deaths due to a pandemic, marches for racial equality and justice, name changes of schools and teams, a woman of Indian and Jamaican heritage on the Democratic ticket, NASA’s return to space shuttles — and mundane curtailments that influenced culture. Students read, discuss and debate, and write about these changes and those who made a difference. Contact Us Enroll in NIE NIE in the Classroom Banneker Academic High School student journalists write news briefs. Students from Bell Multicultural and Benneker Academic high schools work on news briefs. More Resources See Our Maps See Our Collection of Powerpoints See Today’s KidsPost External Resources Capital Student News PBS Parents Library of Congress American Press Institute PBS Teachers PBS Kids The Newseum’s Educational Resource Center The Smithsonian Institution Promises and Peaceful Transition of Power President Trump refused to concede and rallied his followers in tweets and speeches. President-elect Joe Biden, in spite of attempts to delay the transition, established a transition team, began naming nominees for Cabinet positions and worked with the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies for a peaceful and safe transition of power. Then came June 6, 2021. Primary Disciplines Character Education, Civics, Government, Journalism, U.S. History, Related Content Contact Us Enroll in NIE Read more about Promises and Peaceful Transition of Power Campaign 2016 Campaign 2016 provides avenues for diverse study. At the foundation are candidates’ speeches, actions and policies, and party platforms. Understanding polls and their influence, analyzing political cartoons and political ads and using social media form another strand of study. Considering bellwether Indiana towns and a Virginia town that lacks enough candidates to run for office, defining issues and using original documents offer more challenges for students. Primary Disciplines Civics, Government, Political Science Social Studies, U.S. History, Related Content Contact Us Subscribe to NIE Read more about Campaign 2016 Teaching Mobile Journalism Academy for K-12 Educators mojo2.jpg Read more about Teaching Mobile Journalism Academy for K-12 Educators Student Artwork from Katie Broullire’s Class at The Katherine Thomas School in Rockville, MD Submitted by jansonc on Fri, 12/28/2012 - 13:44 Read more about Student Artwork from Katie Broullire’s Class at The Katherine Thomas School in Rockville, MD "News as Art" Projects by Bonnie Moisan’s Students at Stoddert Elementary in D.C. Submitted by jansonc on Fri, 12/28/2012 - 13:09 Read more about "News as Art" Projects by Bonnie Moisan’s Students at Stoddert Elementary in D.C. 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