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The North Carolina Newspapers in Education program encourages young people to become lifelong readers and learners, capable writers, informed, involved adults, thoughtful consumers of news and advocates for the First Amendment. |
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Ordering Newspapers Newspaper in Education programs offer classroom sets of newspapers at special rates. To order newspapers, contact the person who manages the Newspaper in Education program or the circulation manager or publisher. Use the NIE Contact List to find out about NIE programs in North Carolina. Usually a newspaper establishes a minimum order of five to ten newspapers per delivery and asks that you order for consecutive weeks or the entire school year. To give newspapers adequate time to set up orders, make your request two weeks in advance. Newspapers offer print and/or online order forms. Before ordering, take stock of the newspaper or newspapers you plan to use. Read them regularly. Look through each day's newspaper and write down the things that make that day's paper different from others. You should look for special sections, columns and inserts. Pay particular attention to content aimed at younger readers and content that will support your teaching goals. If you have questions, ask your newspaper for a description of specific features in each day's newspaper. Choose one or more days of the week to use newspapers. Have class sets (or one per student) available when introducing the newspaper. Most NIE teachers order a class set each time students study the newspaper. If students work in teams or rotate through centers, fewer newspapers may be ordered. To better organize efforts in your school, coordinate orders for classroom newspapers with others who teach the same course or grade level or teach in the same department or school. For example, one teacher may coordinate orders for the 4th grade and another might order for his or her social studies department. Also, share teaching ideas that make effective use of newspapers. Survey students to find out if they are familiar with newspapers:
Communicate with parents about your plans to use newspapers in your classroom. Explain your teaching goals. To involve parents, send the newspapers home with students. Stimulate conversation about the role of newspapers. Encourage students to ask parents whether they use newspapers to help in routine daily chores, such as shopping or selecting movies, and to decide how to vote in elections. Consider having students interview their parents to find out more about their sources for news. Choose from the following questions:
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