USA WEEKEND in Education provides free educational materials for teachers, geared towards middle-school and high-school students. The four page guides include two pages of teacher directed classroom activities and two pages of take home activities for students. Please see below for the options available to you.

Please note: All USA WEEKEND in Education materials, including the weekly teaching guides, require only your local newspaper in the classroom to make the program a success. USA WEEKEND Magazine can enhance the materials, but the educational guides do not refer students into the magazine - only into the newspaper! Although USA WEEKEND Magazine is in the weekend edition of your local newspaper, you can use the classroom guides with any edition of the newspaper.

USA WEEKEND's weekly Teacher's Guides are available free every week online or from the NIE coordinator at your local newspaper. The USA WEEKEND NIE program is designed to teach students how to use the newspaper as a resource, while getting them involved with volunteerism in their community, through programs such as Make A Difference Day and Most Caring Coach. A few great reasons for you and your school to get involved are:

• All activities address standard teaching mandates.

• The teacher's guides combine with the local newspaper each week as a real-world teaching tool with a smart, clean and easy-to-use design.

• Monthly themes, such as Black History Month, Finance, and Earth Day, make it easy for you to use the teacher's guides and your local newspaper as weekly teaching resources.

• Weekly take-home activity sheets engage teachers, students and families at home and in the classroom.

• Interactive opportunities, including Make A Difference Day and Most Caring Coach Awards, encourage students, teachers and families to get involved with the community.