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African American Heritage:
Civil War Era to the Present
Level: Middle, Secondary
The Civil War began the end of slavery. Life for African Americans continued to be one of struggle and inspiration. This comprehensive section recounts the story right up to the current work for equality for all.
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Congratulations to the Herald-Leader Newspaper in Education project “Mr. Dogwood Goes to Washington” for winning an international award from the World Association of Newspapers for the best “Newspaper and Literacy” project in the world! The unique newspaper chapter story was written by Kentucky author Leigh Anne Florence and illustrated by Kentucky illustrator James Asher and had a civic literacy theme. The story included a podcast, scrapbooks and online learning activities.
This annual statewide Kentucky literacy project was sponsored by LG&E/KU, both E.ON companies, Kentucky Press Association and the Kentucky Secretary of States Office. The project is directed by Kriss Johnson, NIE Manager.
The prize honors the newspaper that devises the year’s most innovative project to develop young readership. WAN is a non-profit non-governmental organization representing more than 18,000 publications in 102 nations in five continents. The award will be presented to the Herald-Leader in Amsterdam this fall.
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Kriss Johnson receiving
the WAN award
“Newspapers and Literacy”
in Amsterdam.
This teacher’s guide, which is aligned with national learning standards, features a five-subject approach that takes advantage of the wide range of topics covered by newspapers. Topics include financial literacy, nutrition, the environment, character education and information technology. Lessons can be taught individually or as a unit.
Black History is a story for which new chapters are written every day. Many students are now following these chapters with the print and/or digital version of the daily Lexington Herald-Leader. To help students and teachers make the most of this resource, NIE is offering this dynamic Teacher Guide. This turnkey package is ready to go with how-to lessons and themed eEDITION activities that explore Black History topics and issues. All activities in this 48-page guide are written to state and national education standards.
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Black History Activity Guide
This Black History Activity Guide offers printable activity sheets for every school day of Black History month in February - and more. Activities use all the content of the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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