Check out the Newsweek Education Program catalog for the 2005-2006 school year. It explains all the program's benefits and lists our new resource titles, including updates to our popular Cross-Curriculum and Government program guides. The catalog is available in two versions:
Each week, explore the perspectives, commentary and analysis of editorial cartoonists with our new feature.
Click here for classroom questions related to this week's cartoon.
Study Guide (PDF)
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EXTRA: The War on Land Mines |
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A Newsweek ThisWeek Extra! prepared with the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign shows how students can get involved and make a difference.
Included is an overview of the land-mine problem, a glossary of terms, activities and information about the Adopt-A-Minefield Campaign.
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EXTRA: Inside a Refugee's World |
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A Newsweek ThisWeek "Extra!" prepared with the UN Refugee Agency explores the world of a teen-age refugee from Liberia.
Also included are facts, activities, statistics and an entry form for the agency's 2005 World Refugee Day Poster Contest.
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A New Book From the Newsweek Education Program |
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From the creators of the Newsweek Education Program comes a new guide designed to help students to
help improve their writing skills. Essay Writing Step-By-Step is a great resource to help students develop
crucial writing and critical-thinking skillstools that will provide lifelong benefits.
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Patriot Act: The Pros And Cons |
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Can the Patriot Act increase security in the United States, or would it infringe on Americans' rights? Click here to read an essay written by student leaders in the Presidential Classroom program. The essay is accompanied by activities that will challenge students to take a stand on the issue.
Every week, Newsweek publishes "Conventional Wisdom Watch." (See page 8 this week.) In it, Newsweek identifies six key people or events from the week's news, gives them an up, down, or neutral arrow, and provides a short explanation for the evaluation. Writing something so concise is challenging. To get some practice, try your hand at writing some CW items. Write about the following, each of which you can read about in Newsweek this week if you don't know about them already: James Frey (pages 42-43), Hamas (pages 26-30), and genetic genealogy. (pages 46-55) Compare your explanations with another student's.
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Prestigious Award for Newsweek Education Program |
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Newsweek Education Program Wins Prestigious Prize From Association Of Educational Publishers
The Newsweek Education Program has won a Distinguished Achievement Award from the Association of
Educational Publishers for its wall map, "United States Census: The New America." Maureen Costello, the manager
of the Newsweek Education Program, researched and prepared the specifications for the map and accompanying
teacher's guide, while Eliot Bergman designed the map. Resource Manager Ken Paulsen oversaw the development
of the project. Another map, "Changing China," was a finalist in the competition.
NEP's winning entry was in the category of "Young Adult-Posters." An award from the Association of Educational
Publishers is one of the highest recognitions of excellence that can be awarded in this field.
Approximately 1,300 entries were received in more than 30 categories. Judges from within the educational publishing
industry and professional education organizations selected the winners.
Our pronunciation guide to people, places and other words in the news has been updated to include a glossary-style
listing of definitions for all of the terms. Click here to explore this helpful resource.
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The Newsweek ThisWeek weekly teacher's guide is available online for each issue of Newsweek during the school year.
The Newsweek ThisWeek teacher's guide and quiz are also available to Education Program customers via e-mail.