Volume 14, Number 11 | October 28, 2022
In this issue: 
An article from the Adirondack Daily Enterprise about News Media Literacy presentations provided by education services director, Mary Miller; Free Newspaper In Education stand-alone features highlighting special dates and anniversaries throughout the month of November. A free 3-part NIE series for member publications called Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: The Complete Story of an American Holiday; Plus, free online teaching resources to educate about Women's Suffrage, Veterans Day, How to deal with clickbait and misinformation online, links to vocabulary resources, and more!

Civic Engagement Corner - iCivics' Election Headquarters - a simulation game called Cast Your Vote, lessons in English and Spanish, and more!
Family Engagement in Education - Quality Start Los Angeles (QSLA) - Resources to Enhance Early Literacy through Family Engagement
News media literacy: Read all about it

From the adironcackdailyenterprise.com - Story and photo by Lauren Yates -
SARANAC LAKE — Mary Miller, the education services director for the New York News Publishers Association, returned to elementary and high school classes in the Tri-Lakes this week to teach kids how they can be news-savvy.

As part of NYNPA’s Newspapers in Education program, Miller travels around the state teaching students about news media literacy. She last came to the area for the talks in 2019, and after a shift to virtual teaching through the height of the coronavirus pandemic, she’s now returned to the classroom. Miller presented to students at Northwood School’s Innovation Hub on Main Street in Lake Placid on Monday, and on Tuesday she spoke with third graders at Petrova Elementary School and Saranac Lake High School students. Her talks were funded by the Cloudsplitter Foundation.

Miller taught the high schoolers how to make sure the news and information they’re consuming is authentic. While her last in-person lecture in 2019 explained the concept of “fake news,” Miller said her lecture this week was “more about how to identify and verify information.”

There are different “information neighborhoods” in media, according to Miller — information that’s educational, some that’s for entertainment, some that’s promotional — and she said different types of media should be viewed through different lenses. MORE
Free Features for November include this one highlighting National Adoption Month

Every month the NYNPA produces a stand-alone 4 columns by 10-inches educational feature. These monthly features are available to NYNPA member publications FREE and can be used in print or online. 

Previous year's features that have been updated for the month include:
  • Daylight Saving Time – Nov 6 
  • Anniversary of Women’s Suffrage in NYS 11/6/1917
  • Veterans Day 11/11
  • Anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 11/11
  • National Tolerance Day 11/16
  • Native American Heritage Month
  • Family Literacy Month

Click here for a complete list by month of the features available. All of these can be requested free of charge by member publications via email. Contact Mary Miller at mmiller@nynpa.com or call 518-449-1667 x 701. Non-member publications will be charged $20 per feature or negotiated group discount.

To view images of available features go to https://nynpa.com/nie/MonthlyNIEFeatures.html.
Free newspaper in education resource for NYNPA member newspapers.
Re-Thinking Thanksgiving: The Complete Story of an American Holiday
 
Much of what people 'know' about Thanksgiving is actually a blend of fiction, myth and history that has become widely accepted as truth. But the events of what we call "the First Thanksgiving" are nothing like our traditions today. And the creation of the holiday has little to do with the feast that took place in 1621 between the English settlers at Plymouth that arrived on the Mayflower and the Wampanoag people.
 
This 3-part series was written by Perry Ground for the NYNPA NIE program, all rights reserved. Mr. Ground is a traditional storyteller and cultural educator. The series and corresponding graphic organizers can be accessed and downloaded at https://nynpa.com/nie/RethinkingThanksgiving.html
Additional news and journalism educational resources can be found on the New York News Publishers Association’s website at https://www.nynpa.com/nie.html 
Free Teaching Resources Online   

Here is a list of free online resources for November:  

8 High School Veterans Day Activities and Lesson Plan Ideas
from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt - On November 11, we celebrate Veterans Day. It’s our chance to salute the 18 million veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and show our appreciation for the sacrifices they made to protect our country.

Many people confuse Veterans Day with Memorial Day. While Memorial Day honors soldiers who died in service to the United States, Veterans Day honors all who served—both living and dead—in the U.S. Armed Forces. In the U.S., we show our respect for veterans with an official wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia, and with parades and other celebrations across the country.

Go to https://www.hmhco.com/blog/high-school-veterans-day-activities-lesson-plans for Veterans Day activities that will bring the experiences of service members to life and help high school students understand why it’s so important to never forget those who risked their lives to keep us safe.
Background on Women's Suffrage
from Stanford History Education Group - When the 19th Amendment was passed in 1920, the fight for women’s suffrage had already gone on for decades. Many women had hoped that women would win suffrage at the same time as African Americans. However, the Fifteenth Amendment only extended suffrage to African-American men. In this lesson, students explore the broad context of the women’s suffrage movement through reading selections from Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth and Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Go to https://sheg.stanford.edu/history-lessons/background-woman-suffrage (Note this and other lessons from Stanford History Education Group are available for free download once you've created an account.)

From PBS Learning - Hiawatha: Identify Cultural Influences
In this lesson plan, students identify aspects of Native American life represented in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic poem, “The Song of Hiawatha."
Also from PBS Learning, Fact or CAP? How to Deal with Clickbait I Misinformation Nation
Learn how clickbait is a tool used to distract internet users and aid in the spread of misinformation, in this video from the NOVA digital series Misinformation Nation. This resource helps students understand why people create clickbait and the real-world consequences of spreading misinformation.

What is CAP? An acronym for Check the source, Analyze the evidence, Process the purpose. The video is partnered with graphic organizers that ask students to respond to the following questions:
  • What is your first impression about this information?
  • Who wrote it? What reliable source(s) could be checked to verify this information?
  • What evidence, if any, is presented?
  • How strong or weak is the evidence? Does the evidence justify the information or claim being made?
  • Does the information include exaggerations or language that can cause outrage or fear instead of facts to support a claim?
Current word lists and puzzles from MyVocabulary.com:
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Root Words 11 - This lesson plan features the Latin roots CESS-CED = go, yield; CEPT-CIP = take, receive; CUR = care, attention https://myvocabulary.com/lesson-plans/word-roots-11-beginner/ 
Root Words 12 - features the Latin roots GEN = birth, race, kind; PUL-PEL = drive, pull; SPIR-SPRI = to breathe - https://myvocabulary.com/lesson-plans/word-roots-12-intermediate/ 
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Maybe you'd like to play Rootonym online?!
Find it at https://puzzles.usatoday.com/rootonym/ and if you'd like to study up on your knowledge of Root words before playing online go to https://myvocabulary.com/dir-root-root_master for a full list of Latin or Greek Root words and associated words from each root.
All MyVocabulary.com content is printable for NIE programs without a charge.
Please honor trademarks and copyright, giving MyVocabulary.com attribution.  
Family Engagement in Education Corner 

QSLA's Enhancing Early Literacy Through Family Engagement

Early Literacy Habits: Talk, Read, Sing, Write, Play

As shared in a corresponding video, Talk, Read, Sing, Write, Play are 5 key early learning habits that help prepare our children for reading and learning; they are “bridges” to literacy. Let’s break these habits down, based on this article:

  • Sing: Singing is a great way to learn about language. When we sing, the sounds that make up words become clearer.
  • Talk: Children need to receive and create language to learn it.
  • Read: Share books together! More detail is shared in the next section.
  • Write: Scribble, draw, and make tactile art. Scribbles come before adult writing!
  • Play: Children experience the world through play, which in turns builds their fine and gross motor skills, cognition, language and social skills.
Read this creative article Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play: Building Early Literacy Skills for great in-depth examples for each type of activity that are suitable for children of all abilities! More

Civic Engagement Corner

iCivics Elections Headquarters
State, Local, and Midterm Election Resources

Use these curated, non-partisan teaching resources to help students to learn about the local and federal midterm election processes, understand the power of their vote, and become active participants in our constitutional democracy.

iCivics Election Games
Put your students into the action with these election-focused civics games. Be sure to explore our Win the White House Family Guide to inspire election learning at home.

Cast Your Vote and Win the White House are also available on Nearpod!

In Cast Your Vote, discover what it takes to become an informed voter — from knowing where you stand on important issues to uncovering what you need to know about candidates.

In Cast Your Vote you can simulate the voting experience and:

  • Learn about local elections
  • See political candidates discuss important issues in Town Hall debates
  • Identify issues that matter to you and rate candidate responses
For students with visual or mobile impairments: This game offers a keyboard navigation mode, as well as a screen reader to supplement the use of sound effects and voiceover. You can access these tools via the dropdown menu in the top left corner of the game screen.

For English and Multilingual Learners: Use the support tool, Spanish translation, voiceover and glossary.

Are you an educator? Check out the Extension Pack with activities and teaching tools to reinforce key game concepts.

These and more available at https://www.icivics.org/
Support the work of the New York Newspapers Foundation!
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Remember to go to smile.amazon.com when you shop online and that's it - Amazon does the rest!  
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