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Duration
Less than 30 minutes
Topic(s)
  • Current Events
  • Journalism
Grade(s)
  • 3-6

OUTCOMES - Students will:

  • Explore news appeal by choosing a story for someone else to read
  • Consider how they respond to the news they read
  • Think like a journalist and craft good questions
  • Contemplate how to best share the news on social media

Note: This activity requires accessing the Newseum's online Today's Front Pages gallery, which displays hundreds of front pages from around the world daily.

This activity was created in partnership with the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). 

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