A five-day lesson plan, “Citizens Together” explores the individual freedoms protected in the Bill of Rights.
Especially effective at the middle-school level, this guide offers step-by-step instructions for producing a newspaper.
Appropriate for all grade levels, this guide features one elementary activity, one middle-school activity and one high-school activity for each “freedom.”
These lesson plans introduce middle-school students to journalism concepts and meet national language-arts standards. Three units focus on media literacy, the craft of journalism and newspaper production.
In partnership with the NAA Foundation, the Student Press Law Center developed seven PowerPoint presentations to help journalism advisers and youth editors educate students about media law issues. Start with the “Press Law Primer,” then work your way through copyright, freedom of information, invasion of privacy, libel, press freedom and reporter’s privilege. Teacher’s presentation notes are included for each PowerPoint.
The daily newspaper is the textbook for this nine-unit curriculum (revised in 2009), which gives students in middle school and high school an in-depth introduction to the world of journalism.
Middle- and high-school teachers can use the worksheets and detailed assignments in this manual to guide students in the production of a newspaper.
Each month during the school year, the Student Press Law Center offers a podcast on timely issues in student media.
Take our 30-minute quiz, developed in partnership with the Student Press Law Center, to test your understanding of your journalism rights and responsibilities.
Our 30-minute quiz, developed in partnership with the Student Press Law Center, tests your understanding of the essential freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment.