Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: How the News Media Works

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "How the News Media Works" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
Article
Society for Science and the Public

Science News for Students: 'Print' Almost Anything

For Students 9th - 10th
3-D printers are tools which allow people to design and "print" just about anything imagined. This newer technology is still evolving and developers find ways to utilize the printers for many purposes.
Activity
Other

Rewriting Copy

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out the differences between print and radio broadcasts, as well as finding tips on writing news for radio.
Website
Other

Warnock Fine Arts: Printmaking

For Students 9th - 10th
Article that explains and gives examples of many printmaking processes. Includes details about relief printing, lithography, serigraphy, intaglio and more. Links to books and artist's examples.
Article
Other

The History of the First Ten Newspapers in America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains a brief history of the first ten newspapers printed in colonial America.
Handout
National Inventors Hall of Fame

National Inventors Hall of Fame: Ottmar Mergenthaler

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the linotype machine, the most important invention since Guttenberg's printing press, and Ottmar Mergenthaler, its inventor.
Website
Other

University of Cambridge: Tycho Brahe's Books

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains information about the books that astronomer, Tycho Brahe wrote and produced in his own printing press. Read on about Brahe and his books. Includes links to biographical information and more of Brahe's endeavors.
Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Martin Luther, a German monk in the sixteenth century who spoke out about the abuses of the Roman Catholic Church. He also used the printing press, which had been recently invented, to spread his ideas more widely and thus...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Seven Decades On, Anne Frank's Words Still Comfort" by Scott Simon

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Seven Decades On, Anne Frank's Words Still Comfort" by Scott Simon, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "First They Came" by Martin Niemoller, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Scientists Reveal Three Keys to Happiness" by ABC News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Keys to Happiness: Partly Genetic, but You Control the Rest

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Keys to Happiness: Partly Genetic, But You Control the Rest" by ABC News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Why Are We Obsessed With Superheroes?

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Why Are We Obsessed with Superheroes?" by ABC News, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: This Business Called Learning: Advertising

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
After analyzing the techniques of propaganda in commercial advertising, young scholars work in cooperative "business" groups to create an advertising campaign for a new product called Giggle Gum. Campaigns include a press release,...