Gene V. Gandelman
Lesson Twelve: New Haven’s Newspapers—How We Communicate In Print
Objective To teach students the way a city communicates with itself and the world beyond.
The teacher should bring in copies of the various newsprint media serving the City. They are the following:
The New Haven Register—daily
The Yale Daily Newspaper—daily
The New Haven Advocate—weekly
The New Haven New Times—weekly
The Elm City Trader—weekly
The Inner City Advertiser—monthly
Discuss each newspaper with such questions and issues as:
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1. Who makes up the readership of each? i.e. The Register is countywide, while the Yale Newspaper serves the Yale community.
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2. How are they alike and different?
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3. How long have they been in print?
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4. Which one do you or members of your family read?
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5. What other newspapers serve New Haven readers? i.e. USA Today, New York and Boston newspapers, foreign language or ethnic newspapers.
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6. How do you benefit from a newspaper? How is it a tool?
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7. What responsibilities does a newspaper have to its readers?
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8. In what way do they educate us?
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9. Can you or anyone say something in the newspaper? How, where, or what?
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10. What would life be like without newspapers?
Reading and Writing Activities:
Read the editorial pages from Monday through Thursday. Study the various sections i.e. the paper’s positions, letter to the editor, viewpoint, local op-ed, syndicated columnists, cartoons. On Friday write either a letter or op-ed taking a position in which you express your opinion about a major issue facing your community today. Why not send it to the newspaper?
