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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 MAR. 21, 2022 We won't reset clocks each spring and fall if House members do what senators just did![]() ![]() Watch for an update if the U.S. House has a debate or vote this week.
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A national ritual may end next year as Congress moves toward dropping the biannual springing ahead and falling back that frustrates many Americans. Senators unanimously passed legislation last week to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, instead of lasting eight months as it does now (March to November). If the House agrees and President Biden signs the Sunshine Protection Act, it would take effect in November 2023 and there would be no more 5 p.m. sunsets from November to February. The White House hasn't publicly shared its position. Americans alternate between standard time and Daylight Savings, which began in 1918 to save energy during World War I. And during four winter months when less sunshine reaches Earth, the thinking goes, we need another hour of scarcer daylight shifted back to mornings. The latest change was March 13, when clocks were set an hour ahead. Backers of year-long time consistency say people will benefit from more months of evening light for biking, barbecuing, walking and other outdoor fun. They also argue that lighter evenings would reduce vehicle crashes, street crime and break-ins. Plus, studies show an uptick in traffic crashes, workplace injuries and productivity loss when clocks change. On the other side, critics of the proposed shift say more months of early morning darkness – with sunrise in some areas as late as 8 or 9 a.m. in January -- could endanger students walking to school or waiting for buses while work commuters are on the road. In addition, health specialists note that when it's too light at night, it can be hard to fall asleep, and when it's dark in the morning, it can be tough to awaken alertly. Daylight Saving Time "does not 'save' evening light at all," says David Neubauer, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. "It simply steals it from the morning when it is necessary to maintain our healthy biological rhythms." In Congress, the Sunshine Protection Act's co-sponsor -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. – said on the floor last week: "The majority of the American people's preference is just to stop the back-and-forth changing." Rep. Frank Pallone, a Democrat from New Jersey who chaired a recent hearing on the bill, counts on House passage next: "I'm pleased to see momentum building after our hearing. . . I'm hopeful that we can end the silliness of the current system soon."
Front Page Talking Points is written by
Alan Stamm for NIEonline.com, Copyright 2024
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