Curriculum Guides

Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters were all too present in 2017, making it one of the top five years for loss of life and destruction of personal and business properties and land. The Capital Weather Gang informs readers, helping them to understand daily and severe weather. Maps, interviews, data; news, editorial cartoons and columns, and features bring the issues and events surrounding severe weather to life.

Freedom of the press requires journalists to be ethical, accurate and fair in their coverage. Freedom of the press demands readers expect reporters to respect their subjects, sources and readers, following a story to inform honestly. Guidelines for identifying true from fake news, student activities and Post articles, guest commentary and editorial cartoons provide resources for educators.

Notes of appreciation, missives of love, business letters and dispatches from the field. We write to communicate, document lives and record events that will later be studied by historians and quoted by reporters. “Dear Colleagues” letters are used to clarify and give guidelines to implement orders. These are the focus of We’ve Got Letters.

Through Washington Post articles, commentary and suggested activities, we ask students to consider the importance of the arts in a democracy. Who should fund the work of artists, theatrical performances and exploration into the healing potential of the arts? In what ways can scholastic journalists cover fine and performing arts events in their community? Can a society afford not to support artistic endeavors?