Ways to teach and learn with the local newspaper

NIE  Contributor Check out these ideas for using the newspaper as a learning tool. Each item contains questions and activity suggestions that promote active reading skills, critical thinking, analysis, reflection, creative responses and/or ways to connect at a personal level with people, places and events in our local community. 1) Scavenger Hunt: Create scavenger hunt questions that can be answered by reading articles, columns, ads, headings and photo captions. Focus on a different page or section than other individuals or groups in the hunt. Try creating different question types, such as true/false, fill-in-the-blank and multiple choice. Trade your questions with another person o