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Make History… Fun
ages 10 – 14

Discover how "the more things change, the more they stay the same" in the History News series:
The Aztec News
The Egyptian News
The History News: Explorers
The History News: In Space
The History News: Medicine
The History News: Revolution
The Stone Age News
The Viking News
The Greek News
The Roman News

History, history, read all about it! Immerse yourself in key events, fascinating features, interviews, and even advertisements--all based on fact--and then sample these activities to keep history alive:

Download Activity Kit now.
Activity Kit includes:
"History" word search
"History" fill-in-the-blanks
"History" word search and fill-in-the-blanks answer key

The News Yesterday
Look through The News series for advertisements. Display them next to similar ads from modern magazines or newspapers. How are the products and services different?

Compare the "fashion" page in one of the News books to a fashion page from a popular magazine of today.

Compare headlines in The History News with modern headlines. How are recent conflicts around the world similar to past struggles for and against change?

The News Today
Inspire fledgling journalists with current newspapers and magazines as well as The News books.

And The News Tomorrow
Create the News of the Future. Now that kids know what it’s like to live in the new millennium, have them report on the world as they imagine it--in the year 3000! What will have changed? What things will have stayed the same?

The Beat
Assign kids to a beat by creating assignments according to kids’ interests and improvising as necessary: News, Politics, Arts and Entertainment, Health, Classifieds, Music, Sports, Special Report: The Environment, etc.

The Scoop
Put kid reporters to work writing or drawing. What will life be like 1,000 years in the future? What world events and cultural trends will be announced in the headlines of daily newspapers (if daily newspapers still exist)?

Interviews
What questions would kids ask in an interview?

It’s press time!
Photocopy and staple kids’ articles to make copies of THE YEAR 3000 NEWS!

more fun things to do:
for all ages
Have YOU Found Waldo Yet?
for ages 2 - 5
A-Maisy-Ing Ideas

Guess How Much I Love to Have Fun!
ages 3 - 7
Dinosaur Diversions

Babysitter Bliss
ages 4 - 8
Far-Out-Fun Activities for Martian Rock
ages 6 - 10
Help Clarice Bean Save the Planet!

Judy Moody Mania!
ages 6 and up
Discover the Potential for Poetry!
ages 9 - 13
Dear Diary.
ages 10 and up
Make History. Fun!

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