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Using Newspapers In The Junior High Classroom To Enhance The Development Of Citizenship, James J. Langen
Using Newspapers In The Junior High Classroom To Enhance The Development Of Citizenship, James J. Langen
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The purpose of this project was to design a curriculum utilizing newspapers as a primary learning resource to establish newspaper reading habits among junior high students. Research suggested a strong correlation between consistent reading of the daily newspaper and political knowledge, voting, and other acts reflecting good citizenship. Use of the newspaper in the classroom helped to establish newspaper reading habits among adolescents. This resulted in students being more aware of the adult world they would enter and more confident. They understood how their society functioned. With increased mastery of newspapers, came increased self-esteem, since newspapers were seen as an …