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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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NIE NEWSLETTER PAGE 3

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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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 [email protected].

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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