For
Kindergarten through 3rd Grade–
We’ll
bring The Free Lance–Star to you. Using props and a simulation
activity, we’ll take your students through the steps of creating
a news story in this is 40-minute presentation. This fun, hands-on
presentation covers SOLs for economics, sequencing, and oral and written
language.
For
Grades Four and Above–
You are
invited to bring your students to tour The Free Lance–Star. This
one-hour presentation begins with an overview of A Day in the Life of
The Free Lance–Star, followed by a walk through the
newsroom and advertising departments and a look at the production process.
Learn how aluminum plates are imaged, presses are webbed, flyers are
inserted and newspapers are bundled and distributed.
Upon your request, tours
may be adapted to meet specific curriculum objectives. If you can’t arrange to bring your students to The
Free Lance–Star, we’ll come to you.
To
Schedule a Tour–
1. You
must have ordered classroom sets of The Free Lance–Star during
the current school year.
2. Students must
be in grade four or above.
3. Optimal
group size is no more than 28 students, one teacher and one chaperone.
Maximum size is 56 students and four adults.
4. Tours
may be scheduled for one hour time slots between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30
p.m., Monday through Thursday.
5. Please
schedule at least three weeks in advance.
6. To request a
tour, contact Janet Gibson
Before the
Tour–
Introduce
students to newspapers. The tour script is based on the assumption
that students have been
exposed to newspapers and are reading
The Free Lance–Star in the classroom. The presentation focuses
on how various departments at a newspaper come together to create a
newspaper–every day of the year.
On
the Day of Your Tour–
1. Please arrive
promptly. If your group will be late, call our office at 540/368-5054.
2. If
space is available, your bus should park in front of The Free Lance–Star
on Amelia Street and discharge students here. Please monitor departure
carefully, as students will exit the bus on the street side. If
parking is not available on Amelia Street, pull into the William
Street Executive Building parking lot next door to discharge students.
Then proceed to Washington Avenue for available parking. Do
NOT leave the bus parked in the William Street Executive Building
Parking
lot.
3. One person from
your group should check in with the receptionist in the main lobby.
We will meet students outside and take them to the Community Room
entrance at mid-block Amelia Street.
4. Please
remind students that they are guests visiting a place of business
and are expected to behave accordingly.
We look forward
to having you and your students as our guests. Students are encouraged
to come with questions about the newspaper.
After
the Tour–
Tour
Facts: What did you learn?
Answer Key
