Chapter 9: Change of Direction

Newspaper Activities for Brain Freeze

1. Compare the online version of today´s News-Journal and The Picayune Times. On the Web, go to nieworld.com and, on the left sidebar, find NAA (Newspaper Association of America). Under NAA, click on Newspaper sites - National. Once there, click on the map of Louisiana. Scroll down, click on The Times Picayune, and print page 1 of the site. Follow the same steps, using the map of Florida, to get to and print page 1 of The News-Journal´s site.

2. In this chapter, FreeZee challenged Myron to think beyond the excitement of war to the horrors of it. From The News-Journal, clip articles that express different feelings about current wars around the world and with friends and/or family discuss the positives and negatives of each. Conduct a poll to see how your classmates feel about some of them.

3. Since Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana and New Orleans have been in the news. Clip articles from The News-Journal about current conditions there. If possible, select a school there to communicate with and help.

New Orleans Online
The Official Tourism Site of the City of New Orleans.

Child Safety in the Air
Information and advice on child safety as well as travel information provided by some airlines.

The National D-Day Museum
The Museum is the only museum in the United States that addresses all of the amphibious invasions or D-days of World War II.

World War II Timeline
Database includes date and topic, pictures and maps, documents and a bibliography.

The National D-Day Museum´s Kids Corner
Fun Brain Teasers for all ages, choose and print a poster to color and don´t forget to nominate your Everyday Hero!

Children of World War II
Find out what life was like for children in World War Two.

U.S. Time Zones
Here are just some major US cities with their current time displayed.

World Time Zones
Here are just some major international cities with their current time displayed.

This Week´s Featured Newspaper: http://www.nola.com/t-p/

Serial Story: BRAIN FREEZE
Brain Freeze, a 10-chapter serial story, is written by Bob Rouse and illustrated by Frank Yates. Bob Rouse and Frank Yates both work for the Lexington Herald-Leader.