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Newspaper in Education Week [March 4-8, 1991]. Manual for Publishers and NIE Specialists.

American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1990

This Newspaper in Education (NIE) Week Manual includes a variety of materials designed to help students and teachers celebrate the use of newspapers in education. NIE Week's theme for 1991 is the bicentennial of the Bill of Rights. Curriculum materials on the topic can be found in "Citizens Together: You and Your Newspaper," a set of…

Descriptors: Class Activities, Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Innovation

In Search of Our Bill of Rights.

Peer reviewed

McKee, Saundra J. – Social Studies Journal, 1991

Outlines a unit of study in which students undertake a scavenger hunt for data about the civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Lists 36 activities (e.g., obtain a copy of a search warrant) and assigns points for the completion of each. Explains that student groups attempt to earn a 200-point total by completing activities. (CH)

Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Cooperative Learning, Court Litigation