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Download full textGunn, Angus M. – 1975
Presented in this document is a report of an innovative approach to social studies through the use of newspapers in the classrooms in Canada. Topic Today is a one-page newspaper of current affairs geared to grades 6 through 8, but applicable to secondary grades, developed to make available resources of current affairs found in regular newspapers…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Current Events, Curriculum Development
Holt, Evelyn R. – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1990
Reviews the Using World Issues in the News (U-WIN) program developed for a six-county area in Indiana served by the "Indianapolis News" newspaper. Explains and evaluates program implementation: articles on world issues published in the newspaper for classroom use; lesson packets; workshops; site visits; and presentations. Concludes the…
Descriptors: Current Events, Elementary Secondary Education, Junior High Schools, Lesson Plans
