Spring Semester 2003 Planning Guide.

Spring Semester 2003 Planning Guide

UPFRONT: Two pages of news, a news debate (in every other issue), and a
political cartoon.

PLUS: News Skills and In-depth News Specials--What's making news, and
why it matters.

ISSUE                                           AMERICAN
DATE     WORLD                 USA              HISTORY

Jan. 10  Uganda: Children                       Martin Luther
         of War                                 King Jr.

Jan. 24  SPECIAL ISSUE: U.S.
         AFFAIRS ATLAS AND
         ALMANAC
         * USA: The
         Presidency in
         Challenging Times
         * American History:
         Marbury v. Madison
         * Atlas: Maps of the
         U.S.
         * Almanac: The U.S.
         in Focus
         * Skills: The State
         of the Union

Feb. 7   Kashmir               Civil Liberties  Civil War
                                                (Play)

Feb. 21  Colombia              Teens and the    U.S.
                               Internet         Immigration

Mar. 7   Russia                Hunger in        Lowell Mill
                               America          Girls

Mar. 28  To Be Announced       The Sioux Today  Battle of
                                                 Little Bighorn

Apr. 11  China                 Earth Day        World War I
                               Special Report:
                               Garbage

Apr. 25  France                Citizenship      The Great
                                                 Depression

May 9    To be Announced       Blended          The Birth of
                               Families          the Atomic
                                                 Bomb (play)

ISSUE    WORLD
DATE     HISTORY                  GEOSKILLS         SPECIAL

Jan. 10                           Time Zones        Top News
                                                    of 2002

Jan. 24














Feb. 7   Ancient India          Mapman Contest      News Map
                                                     Poster

Feb. 21                        Map Projections


Mar. 7   Communist Revolution    Weather Maps    Money and You:
          in Russia (play)                       Economics 101

Mar. 28                        Native Americans     News Map
                                in the U.S.          Poster

Apr. 11  Henry VIII (play)      Elevation Maps    Snapshots of
                                                   the Earth


Apr. 25                         The Louisiana
                                  Purchase

May 9                           Mapman Contest   The Scholastic
                                  Results        Art & Writing
                                                 Awards

Note: Topics are subject to change peding developments in the news.