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Common Core State Standard
SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support. FOR THE WEEK OF SEP. 07, 2009 President's video lesson for students also teaches about politics![]() ![]() In news articles, watch for local reactions to the school video, as well as to a prime-time presidential address Wednesday evening about health care reform.
![]() In an editorial, opinion column, letter or reader forum, find a comment that reflects your viewpoint about Tuesday's education address.
![]() Other debates about public policy, foreign affairs or even sports stimulate lively back-and-forth. Spot a hot topic that also generates strong feelings.
President Obama has back-to-school advice for you. In video remarks to public schoolchildren around the country, he'll talk for 20 minutes Tuesday (Sept. 8) at noon Eastern time about working hard, finishing high school and aiming high. His address from Wakefield High in Arlington, Va., will be available live online at whitehouse.gov and on C-SPAN for viewing in classrooms or auditoriums. Several presidential Cabinet members will watch with pupils around the country and discuss the message with them. But some districts won't show the event or will let pupils be excused from watching because of parental fears that it's political and inappropriate. "I am concerned about the motives behind this speech," says Jessica Ryan of Baltimore, who feels no president belongs in classrooms. At a suburban Philadelphia district, the social studies curriculum supervisor says: "We are hearing from parents on both sides of the issue."
In response to the controversy, the White House offered a full text to educators Monday and dropped a suggestion that elementary students "write letters to themselves about what they can do to help the president." The speech is intended to encourage kids to work hard and commit to school," a spokesman said, adding that Obama won't bring up health care reform or other policy issues.
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