Schools might like to use and adapt this classroom activity to generate ideas for news stories focusing on three key aspects of children's lives: home, school and play.

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"Schools have a responsibility under law to ensure children are insulated from political activity and campaigning in the classroom, " said a Department for Education spokesperson.

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It includes classroom and extra-curricular activities as well as student activity sheets, and provides a series of enlarged photographs of World Heritage sites, a poster, a World Heritage map and stickers to be used for classroom discussions.

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Show Video Clip: Science of Public Opinion and follow up with the discussion questions and activity from the March 21, 2000 CNN NEWSROOM classroom guide.

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Another finalist, the Healthy Schools, Healthy Families' "Just Move" program in New York and New Jersey, added five-minute breaks into students' daily routine while addressing another obstacle in the fight to add physical activity in schools: how to avoid taking away classroom time.

CNN: Schools given $25K to help kids move

Most field exercises and classroom instruction -- a total of about 60% of all activity -- would remain coed.

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