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Newslettermessenger-inquirer.com
September 9, 2013
Constitution Day teacher materials ready
Daymon Ward, general manager of Towne Square Mall, Aug. 28 marks s tores
that NIE might have available for its annual Used Book Sale.
Most schools have a federal
mandate to teach about the Consti-
tution each year. As always, Con-
stitution Day is Sept. 17.
The following materials can be
downloaded by our NIE teachers:
We the People (http://
w w w . n i e t e a c h e r . o r g / n i e 2 /
_ S o c i a l _ S t u d i e s - G o v t /_WeThePeopleUnit1.pdf) is a two-
unit tabloid supplement from the
Civic Educations popular We The
People curriculum. It helps schools
meet the federal requirement that
every school study the Constitution
on Constitution Day. Also try the
Constitution scavenger hunt.
Celebrate Constitution Day
(http://www.nieteacher.org/nie2/
_ S o c i a l _ S t u d i e s - G o v t /constitution_day.pdf) is a 16-page
supplement from the Bill of Rights
Institute. Among other topics, it
explains how a bill becomes law and
describes the Bill of Rights and why
it was added to the Constitution.
Citizens Together: You and
Your Newspaper (http://
w w w . n i e t e a c h e r . o r g / n i e 2 /
_ S o c i a l _ S t u d i e s - G o v t /
CitizensTogether.pdf) is a 63-pageguide from the Newspaper Associa-
(See NIE, page 5)
Music, moviesadded to NIEused book sale
Not only books but CDs and
DVDs will be available at the fourth
annual Newspaper in Education
Used Book Sale fundraiser.The public will be asked to do-
nate used books, music and movies
for the sale between Sept. 18 and
Oct. 16. Please ask your students
and parents to participate.
Towne Square Mall graciously
is donating a store for the sale that
will be during regular mall hours on
Oct. 25-27.
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NIE boosts science at Catholic 4-6 CenterStudents in Jeff Sorces sixth
grade science class at the
Owensboro Catholic 4-6 Center
Sept. 3 were busy cutting words andpictures out of the Messenger-In-
quirer, making Old West-style
wanted posters that displayed
weight, mass and volume.
Working in groups, several stu-
dents were responsible for each
poster.
The students were engaging in
this project as a review for a test
they would have later in the week.
At r ight , teacherJeff Sorce ob-
serves the work done by Ko lton
Lambert, left, and Brandon Ballard.
Below, from left, Elise Kerr, Bethany
Mayfield, Brooke Cecil, Caroline
Clements and Isabelle Wright
collaborate on the poster pro ject.
Addi tional photos are on page 3.
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In Jeff Sorces sixth grade science class at the
Owensboro Cathol ic 4-6 Center students work
together to create an Old West-style poster tohighlight weight, mass and volume. Clockwise from
top, Nick Boarman, left, and Ty Lambert; Elise Kerr ;
Carsyn Settles, left and Jayden Bi ckett; and Alex
Scheithe, left, and Jayden Bickett work on their
project.
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PAGE 4 NIE NEWSLETTER
Hispanic Heritage Month begins Sunday
This supplement is one of six available to the Messenger-Inquirer s Newspa-
per in Education teachers as National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed.
To access these supplements, go to www.nieteacher.org/min ie.
From Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
Americans each year observe Na-
tional Hispanic Heritage Month by
celebrating the histories, culturesand contributions of American citi-
zens whose ancestors came from
Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and
Central and South America.
On the 2010 Census form,
people of Spanish, Hispanic and/or
Latino origin could identify them-
selves as Mexican, Mexican Ameri-
can, Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban,
or another Hispanic, Latino, or
Spanish origin.
The observation began as His-panic Heritage Week under Presi-
dent Lyndon Johnson in 1968. It was
expanded by President Ronald
Reagan in 1988 to cover the 30-day
period listed above.
On Aug. 17, 1988, National
Hispanic Heritage Month was en-
acted into law (Public Law 100-
402).
Within this month come several
significant dates for Hispanics.
Sept. 15 is significant because it is
the anniversary of independence for
several Latin American countries:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guate-
mala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
In addition Mexico and Chile
celebrate their independence days
on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respec-
tively.
Also falling within the 30-day
period is Columbus Day, or Dia de
la Raza, on Oct. 12.According to the 2010 Census,
50.5 million people or 16 percent
of the population are of Hispanic
or Latino origin. This represents a
significant increase from 2000,
which registered the Hispanic popu-
lation at 35.3 million or 13% of the
total U.S. population.
NIE teachers can go to the
Messenger-Inquirers dedicated
NIE In st it ute Web si te ,
www.nieteacher.org/minie and
scroll down to Hispanic Heritage
to access these six supplements:
Buen Viaje! A Journey to
Hispanic America allows students
to take a journey to many of theLatino countries. Students can ex-
plore the cultures and even the
monetary exchange rates of the dif-
ferent countries. Along the way, stu-
dents can learn some words in Span-
ish.
Hispanics Driving Success
is a bilingual supplement that pro-
vides biographies on high achiev-
ing Hispanics in many important
fields.
Pride and Power: Hispanic
History and Politics is another bi-
lingual supplement that provides an
overview of Hispanic history and
politics with biographies of His-
panic politicians. A teachers guideis available.
High-Tech Heroes: Hispanic
Explorers in Science, also bilin-
gual, provides biographies on high-
achieving Hispanics in science and
technology. This supplement comes
with a teachers guide.
Hispanic History from El(See NIE, page 6)
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Constitution Day a rare federal mandate to schools
tion of America Foundation de-
signed for five days of instruction
using the newspaper to help studentsexplore individual freedoms pro-
tected by the Bill of Rights.
Its Your Government (http:/
/www.nieteacher.org/nie2/_KRP/
tabs/sec/Its_Your_Government.pdf)
is a 16-page section that will help
students understand and get in-
volved in the political process, from
voting to how a bill becomes law.
Its Your Right: A History of
the Bill of Rights (http://
www.nieteacher.org/nie2/_KRP/
tabs/sec/Its_Your_Right.pdf) also is
a 16-page supplement in which stu-
dents will learn about the history of
the Bill of Rights and the role those
rights play in our life today.
Social Studies and the News
(http://www.nieteacher.org/nie2/
_Social_Studies-Govt/_Social%20
Studies%20and%20the%20News.pdf)
contains 160 activities exploring the
use of newspapers as primarysources, including charts, graphs
and visuals to gain information. This
18-page supplement also addresses
distinguishing between fact and fic-
tion, recognizing bias and stereotyp-
ing, the foundation of Constitutional
government, participation of indi-
viduals in civic life, the function of
political parties, evaluating the im-
NIE Constitution Day materials available
This supp lement is one of several av ailable for NIE teachers to use for Con-
stitution Day lessons.
pact of media on public opinion,
state and federal government, sepa-
ration of powers and economic con-
cepts.
In addition, there are two Web
sites NIE teachers may wish to see:
http://constitutionday.com and
http://billofrightsinstitute.org.
According to a May 24, 2005,Associated Press story, The Con-
stitution long has ensured that Con-
gress cant tell schools what to
teach. But thats no longer the case
for at least one topicthe Consti-
tution itself.
It was in 2004 that Congress
passed a then little-known provision
that says every school and college
that receives federal money mustteach about the Constitution on
Sept. 17, the day the document was
adopted in 1787.
In 2005, the Education Depart-
ment announced its plans to enforce
that provision.
The AP story said, Schools can
determine what kind of educational
program they want, but they must
hold one every year on now-namedConstitution Day and Citizenship
Day. And if Sept. 17 falls on a
weekend or holiday, schools must
schedule a program immediately
before or after that date.
This year Sept. 17 falls on a
Tuesday.
The AP story added, Histori-(See Sen. Byrd, page 6)
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Camino Real to the Information
Highwayexplores Hispanic holi-
days and celebrations, Day of the
Dead, popular Hispanic foods and
notable Hispanics such as Wonder
Womans Lynda Carter, Desi Arnaz
ofI Love Lucy fame, singer-actress
Jennifer Lopez and Ellen Ochoa,
cally, the federal government has
avoided dictating what or when any-
thing must be taught because these
powers rest with the states under the
10th Amendment. The Education
Departments Web site even under-
lines that point, saying matters such
as the development of curricula and
the setting of course requirements
fall outside federal authority.
How, then, did a federal man-
date for schools to teach lessons on
the Constitution on Sept. 17 come
about?
The AP story said, Congressstepped in when it came to the
The following are some links which our NIE teach-
ers may wish to explore as they plan their Constitution
Day lessons:
http://www.constitutionfacts.com/us-constitution-
kids/Here teaches can find activities for different
grade levels, including word finds, crossword puzzles
and treasure hunts.
http://constitution.laws.com/constitution-for-
kidsThis site helps explain what the Constitution is
and what is its purpose and offers lesson plan ideas for
the different grade levels.
h t t p : / / f a m i l y i n t e r n e t . a b o u t . c o m / o d /
websitesforkids/a/us-constitution-for-kids.htmAt this
site teachers can find links to assist in lessons for any
grade level; K-3 even offers an animated video.
h t t p : / / w w w . s u r f n e t k i d s . c o m /
us_constitution.htmA number of important Consti-
tution links can be found here. This is a good one-stop
nations foundational document,
thanks to Sen. Robert Byrd, the
West Virginia Democrat who keeps
a copy of the Constitution in his
pocket.
Byrd inserted the Constitution
lesson mandate into a massive
spending bill in 2004, frustrated by
what he called a huge ignorance on
the part of many Americans about
history.
Byrd died on June 28, 2010.
According to the AP story, It
so happened that the Education
Departments new guidelines
emerged just as Byrd and the Sen-ate, engaged in a fight over judi-
cial filibusters, debated the
Constitutions checks and bal-
ances.
The AP story noted Byrd said
neither the Education Department
nor Congress had required a specific
curriculum or a particular interpre-
tation of the Constitution.
And Byrd was quoted in the
story as saying, I hope that schools
will develop many different, cre-
ative ways to enable students to
learn about one of our countrys
most important historic documents.
The Constitution protects their
freedoms and will impact all facetsof their lives.
Sen. Byrd pushed for Constitution study
Web site.
http://themes.atozteacherstuff.com/182/constitu-
tion-day-constitution-week-activities/This site pro-
vides teachers with a number of ready-to-go lesson
plans as well as on-line resources about the Constitu-
tion.
Younger students even can create a booklet illus-
trating each line of the preamble. http://www.whitehouse.gov/our-government/the-
constitutionThis official White House site offers a
complete background of the Constitution that could
be especially helpful to middle and secondary school
students. It describes the Bill of Rights and explains
why this document was written.
http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/con-
stitution-day/For any special occasion, this always
is a Web site that delivers, offering printables, color-
ing pages, worksheets and word searches.
Sites teachers can check for Constitution lessons
NIE Institute offers Hispanic Heritage Month materialsthe first Hispanic female astronaut. Hispanic Literature and
Storytelling is a bilingual supple-
ment providing biographies on His-
panic writers and their influence on
literature.
A teachers guide accompanies
this supplement.
Columbus ship replicas not coming this yearReplicas of the Christopher
Columbus ships theNia andPinta
will not visit Owensboro this year,
a spokesperson for the Owensboro-
Daviess County Convention & Visi-
tors Bureau said.
The ships in the past have been
popular with school groups.
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New Woody adventure begins tomorrow
Kentucky Press Association
Kentucky author Leigh Anne Florence, author of the Woody serial stories, is
seen here with her husband, Ron, and her collection of dachshunds.
Woody, the Kentucky Wiener,
returns tomorrow for his ninth con-
secutive romp across the pages of
Kentuckys newspapers.In the latest Leigh Anne Flo-
rence 10-chapter serial, Outstand-
ing in His Field, Woody and his
sister, Chloe, will learn about
Kentucky agriculture and will dis-
cover that, no, food does not origi-
nate at the supermarket.
According to the KPA, Mom
and Dad arrange for the family to
visit farms all across Kentucky so
the pups can see first-hand all the
hard work farmers put forth in get-ting food from the ground to the
grocery store. Read along as the
pups plant corn, eat their first to-
mato right off the vine, gather eggs
from the hen house, and even try to
get chocolate milk from a brown
cow.
A generation of students now
have grown up reading the Woody
stories each fall semester. All nine
of the Kentucky Press Associationfall chapter series featuring Woody
have run in the Messenger-Inquirer.
The stories are designed to increase
reading among young people.
NIE teachers by now all should
have received in their NIE newspa-
pers scrapbooks to use with each
chapter.
The chapters will run in the
Messenger-Inquirer on Tuesdays,
with the exception of Oct. 8 during
Fall Break.Again this year there will be
chapter activities for students.
Author a native Kentuckian
A native of Murray, Florence is
a 1990 graduate of Calloway
County High School. In 1996 she
received her masters of music edu-
cation from Murray State Univer-
sity.
After seven years as a public
school music teacher, Florence re-
signed from her teaching duties to
concentrate on writing and public
speaking. She, her husband Ron and
several of her wiener dogs spend
many days each year in schools, li-
braries and other venues speaking
on Woodys Five Ways to Be Suc-
cessful.
Florence also is in demand as a
speaker for church events, womens
groups and community organiza-
tions.She and her husband live in
Shepherdsville.
Program promotes healthy eatingIt is well known that many Ken-
tuckians face serious health issues,
many centering around diet as both
adults and children become more
and more obese.
A Kentucky Educational Tele-
vision documentary, Well Fed, of-
fers examples of strategies for en-couraging health eating in the home,
school and community.
KET will provide a free DVD
of the documentary to any school
or community group that agrees to
host a screening. It is hoped this pro-
gram will serve as a discussion
starter.
To receive the DVD and an 11-
page discussion PDF, those inter-
ested should contact Laura Krueger
at lkrueger@ket.org.
At that time KET will ask about
the planned event at which the DVD
and PDF will be used.
Healthy foods such as those seen
above can help Kentuckians improve
their diets and fight obesity.
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