A site for teachers, from the editors of What’s Up, Singapore’s newspaper for students.
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WHAT’S UP IDEAS BY MONTH
OUR SPECIAL PACKAGES FOR SCHOOLS
Original digital resources for teachers and their students.
SPECIAL PACKAGE 3: THE MARIA-HERTOGH RIOTS
- Articles for your students to read
- Activities to be used in your classroom
- Class Game: A Giant Quiz VISIT (For Game Leader) (For Teacher)
- Teacher’s Guide
SPECIAL PACKAGE 2: STORIES OF CASUAL RACISM
- Articles for your students to read
- Activities to be used in your classroom
- Curtains Up – a whole-class drama project
- Pledge Card for each student
- Teacher’s Guide
SPECIAL PACKAGE 1: REGARDLESS OF RACE
- Articles for your students to read
- Activities to be used in your classroom
REPOSITORY OF MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION RESOURCES
For teachers and child professionals, about racial and religious diversity.
Past What’s Up stories
- Celebrating diversity
- History of discrimination
- Our multicultural heritage
- Role models growing peace
- Uniting against hate
- Self-help coping skills for children
These special packages and the repository are sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth.
ABOUT “IDEAS”
Teachers have found many creative ways to use What’s Up for teaching English, Character & Citizenship Education and other subjects. To make this as convenient as possible, every issue comes with IDEAS, our online resource containing detailed activity extensions.
They include ready-to-print activity sheets, formatted in A4 size. IDEAS is categorised by subject and level, and aligned with Singapore Ministry of Education curricula.
To give teachers a head start in preparing lessons, we e-mail them a Teachers’ Guide to IDEAS before the newspapers arrive in their schools. The Guide gives the synopses of key stories and lists the activities that will be posted on the IDEAS website. To join our mailing list, please fill out the form below.
IDEAS is not intended as the final word on how to use What’s Up, but more as a catalyst for teachers’ own thinking. For example, at the Education Ministry’s ExCEL Fest 2006, one school showcased how it used What’s Up in an innovative programme to boost even oral communication skills.
