What’s New on Newsela (August 2023)

Newsela publishes new content weekly, so we wanted to make sure teachers have the latest and greatest resources all in one place! We’ve handpicked our favorite Newsela articles and videos that debuted on Newsela ELA, Newsela Social Studies, and Newsela Science in the last month.

Let us know what you think about our July staff picks and you can always check out the latest news articles on Newsela here!

Use these new Newsela ELA resources to create daily practice for literacy skills, explore literary devices in depth, and introduce interactive and engaging media to your ELA classroom.

• Don’t Know Much About BEOWULF? Nobody Does!

• How I became an activist for the environment

• In on a secret? That's dramatic irony

• Medicinal power of plants connects Ojibwe tribe's past with future

• How to write a science fiction story

  

Social studies is more than history in a textbook. Use these current and engaging resources to share diverse perspectives in your social studies classroom, explore historic milestones through interactive video, and make lessons relevant to students’ lives.

• “Lobster Lady,” 103, has been hauling traps off the Maine coast for 95 years

• How Humans Got Fire

• How the Shang invented writing

• This “Little Saigon” shaped their childhood, now they fear for its future in Virginia

• This Week in History: Statue of Liberty Arrives in New York (June 17, 1885)

  

Students are a curious bunch and you can use Newsela Science to answer some of their most pressing questions (like, “do fish get thirsty?)! Incorporate these materials into your science classroom to bring concepts to life with real-world examples.

• Baseball, from pitch to hit, is all about physics

• Do fish get thirsty?

• How does cloning work?

• The Collectors Who Hunt Down Radioactive Glassware

• What is the summer solstice, and why is June 21 the longest day?

Check back next month for our staff picks for August!

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