Examine how stories are covered and delivered in the Digital Age. Explore how the newspaper industry has adapted to stay relevant within the Digital Age by becoming information portals and utilizing social media. Details »
Classroom Resources
Examine how Internet sources have affected traditional print media and predict how journalism will change in the future. Evaluate whether Internet media sources are valid and reliable and develop an argument about a journalist’s First Amendment rights. Details »
Examine how writing developed by studying the shapes used in ancient scripts and consider how writing can be incorporated with the visual arts. Create a sketchbook or journal of daily life using rubbings and make a layered collage. Details »
Discover the passion behind self-published magazines and consider how creative writing can affect a community and give voice to something the writer feels strongly about. Details »
Discover the oral tradition of poetry and its ties to community, culture and history. Explore tribal Native American stories about fishing and learn how to prepare and tell your own stories. Details »
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Great American Authors
Delve into works by authors Maurice Sendak, Ralph Ellison, Katherine Porter and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Shakespeare and the Renaissance
Explore the Elizabethan era as it relates to William Shakespeare's plays and sonnets.
