This Is an Excellent Lesson Plan / Activity Plan / Handout to Introduce Students to The

•http://www.schooljournalism.org/an-introduction-to-the-world-of-news/

• This is an excellent lesson plan / activity plan / handout to introduce students to the world of journalism. It allows students to discern what is newsworthy and what is not. It also introduces students to important vocabulary terms used within the journalism world. Overall, this is an excellent introduction to journalism for students that could be used for a week or possibly even two weeks.

• http://www.schooljournalism.org/becoming-your-own-worst-critic-or-how-to-critique-a-newspaper/

• This is a great small project idea to train your students to look at newspapers critically. It allows students to get into groups and analyze different newspapers and present their analysis to the class.

•http://www.schooljournalism.org/getting-to-know-you/

• This is a good base or outline of a project to show students how to properly interview someone. The activity list can be performed as is or a teacher can add more detail to it.

• http://www.schooljournalism.org/information-or-influence-creating-a-mission/

• This is a good introduction for students who know very little about journalism. The lesson plan is very detailed, which is good to use over a couple of days.

• http://www.schooljournalism.org/lesson-plan-for-the-first-day-of-class/

• This is a short and fun exercise a teacher can use for the very first day of class. The teacher makes the students interview the teacher for the syllabus. The lesson plan details the outline.

• http://www.encoreleaders.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/WSJ-terminology.pdf

• This is simply a list of important journalism terms put together by the Wall Street Journal.

• http://thenext26.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/manfull_21Q.pdf

• This is an excellent .pdf that can be used to show students examples of interview questions and show which questions to ask and which questions not to ask.

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/get-newspaper-habit

• This is a good list of lesson plan activities and suggestions that can be used in any school setting, including elementary, middle, or high school. This particular list / lesson plan introduces students to journalism style.

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/activity-plan-mixed-ages-community-cooperation-todays-news

• This is a condensed lesson plan that allows students to create a short newspaper or story by looking at a local newspaper.

• http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/front-page-news

• This is a lesson plan that focuses on front-page news and how to discern what is front page newsworthy and what photographs to use on a front page.