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This Week in History Cartoons for the Classroom | Special Report | Pulse of the Planet
Words in the News | The Green Room: Conservation for the Classroom | NASA's Night Sky Network
Common Core State Standard
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, 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.
L.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: Video of a current news event is presented for discussion to encourage student participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the video. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event, 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.
03/14/2022
Union gives $400K to teachers for supplies
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) gave $400,000 this month to hundreds of U.S. teachers so they could buy supplies for their classrooms. “Teachers need supplies all the time,” said AFT President Randi Weingarten. “They dig out of their own pockets ... not just for things like cleaning supplies, but for supplies that kids need — books, materials, crayons, scissors. And in places where parents can't afford this, teachers do it all the time.”■Class discussion: Have teachers ever given you supplies that they purchased with their own money? Shouldn’t school systems provide all the supplies that students need? Have states cut or diverted spending for public schools and colleges? Why is there a growing shortage of teachers in many states? Are teachers being asked to solve more of society’s problems with less resources? Are educators facing more legal and personal threats over what and how they teach?