The interactive Printing Press is designed to assist students in creating newspapers, brochures, and flyers.
Printing Press
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Book Report Alternative: Sharing Info from Informational Reading
5 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Reporting on an informational book doesn't have to be boring! Instead of the traditional book report format, students create newspapers using a Printing Press interactive to share what they have learned from reading informational books.
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Picture This: Using Instagram to Report
4 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
After taking a field trip that students document using mobile app Instagram, students become new reporters as they use the interactive Printing Press to tell about their experiences.
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Captioning the Civil Rights Movement: Reading the Images, Writing the Words
2 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Standard Lesson
Teachers guide students to carefully view images from the Civil Rights Movement and write captions that accurately describe the images and/or their probable purposes.
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The first English printer, William Caxton, was born on this day in 1422.
3 - 8
Calendar Activity
| Historical Figure & Event
Students consider how the printing press affects their world by completing a printing inventory, comparing lists, and developing a "super" list of all printed materials that they interact with.
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Crit Lit for Kids: From Critical Consciousness to Service Learning
6 - 8
Lesson Plan
| Unit
Students take their ideas from the classroom page to the community pavement when they participate in a service-learning project based on their multimedia presentations.