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The Bicentennial Celebration in Arkansas Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Newspapers in Education Lesson Plans The Arkansas Press Association's Newspaper in Education Department is pleased to announce a special NIE curriculum honoring the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial. The Newspaper in Education materials are aligned with state frameworks and are flexibile enough to be used to teachers in all grades and in many subject areas—Fine Arts, Social Studies, Language Arts, etc. This is a great opportunity for your newspaper to provide quality educational materials to your communitities. Please contact Karen Brown at 479-271-7398 or by e-mail if you have questions or suggestions.

DEADLINE EXTENDED! JOIN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE TRAVEL POSTER CONTEST! For more information, go to the NIE area of this Web site: www.arkansaspress.org/niemain.html
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR 2003:
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION IN ARKANSAS
The APA/NIE LOUISIANA PURCHASE CURRICULUM

How to use the curriculum (text document)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 1 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 2 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 3 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
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NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 9 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 10 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
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NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 14 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
NIE Louisiana Purchase Curriculum, page 15 (PDF)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD
"Make a Newspaper Boat" Exercise (Link)	CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

The APA/NIE SERIALIZED STORIES
Arkansas Stories: from the Louisiana Purchase and the Making of Arkansas
This serialized stories capture Arkansas in the years immediately following the Louisiana Purchase and predating its statehood. Told in seven installments, the serial is another great opportunity to give exposure to the Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial, enhance your paper's NIE program and community outreach efforts and generate new revenue for your newspaper. For only $10, you can access the stories. Contact Karen Brown (479.271.7398/479.640.2478) or Jan Schick (800.569.8762) to enroll in the serial program. You will receive a user name and password. Then all you need do is go to: http://www.arkansaspress.org/Subscribers/ to download all of the stories.