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This lesson plan is a downloadable PDF file, so you'll need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to open and print it.  Download Acrobat Reader     Date: 01/21/2003 Title: INSIDE Journalism: The Editorial Page Discipline: Journalism, Social Studies, Government, Language Arts   Whether you want to understand the editorial writing process at The Washington Post or for your own newspaper, "INSIDE Journalism: The Editorial Page" provides insight and how-to information. The annotated editorial page and Q and A with Robert Asher, a Post editorial writer, shed light on opinion writing at The Post. Use "How to Write an Editorial," "Building an Editorial," vocabulary and resource lists to help students write their own editorials. A study of freedom of speech continues in a constitutional law lesson provided by two Marshall-Brennan fellows ? "Dress Codes and the Relationship to Freedom of Speech and Expression: Whether the First Amendment Protects Students? Rights to Wear the Confederate Flag." Apply this lesson to a contemporary situation reported in The Post article, "A Ban on Hate, or Heritage? Ga. School Divided Over Confederate-Themed Shirts."   The main lesson addresses these academic content standards.   This lesson plan corresponds to a specific KidsPost page.   NIE: for educators: lesson plans: lesson plan details